Journalism at Buffalo State

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Buffalo State is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,339 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Buffalo State.

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

Buffalo State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Buffalo State Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Buffalo State 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 Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
Best Journalism Schools	247

Journalism Student Demographics at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from Buffalo State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Buffalo State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Buffalo State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Buffalo State 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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Film and Video Editors	4,590	$92,170
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Photographers	4,090	$53,150

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.