General Journalism at SUNY Plattsburgh

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109.

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.

SUNY Plattsburgh General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SUNY Plattsburgh General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

20% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 46% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

Broadcast Journalism

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 SUNY Plattsburgh.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470
Broadcast News Analysts	880	$111,340

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 Erik Graham under License

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