Journalism at Suffolk University

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Suffolk University stacks up to those at other schools.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,159 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University in 2021, 18 of them were journalism majors.

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

Suffolk Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Suffolk Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Suffolk performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Suffolk is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Journalism Schools	140
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Most Popular Journalism Schools	164

Journalism Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Suffolk awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Suffolk since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Suffolk also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Photographers	1,220	$65,090
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.