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General Journalism at Southern Methodist University

General Journalism at Southern Methodist University

If you are interested in studying general journalism, you may want to check out the program at Southern Methodist University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

SMU General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SMU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Journalism Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Editors 5,490 $72,300
Communications Professors 2,460 $68,900
Reporters and Correspondents 2,210 $45,910
Writers and Authors 2,110 $56,680
Broadcast News Analysts 250 $90,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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