Journalism at Syracuse University

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 21,322.

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

Syracuse Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
Master’s Degree in Journalism

Syracuse Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Syracuse 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Journalism Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	96
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Syracuse Journalism Master’s Program

59% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in journalism each year. Syracuse does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	53
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Syracuse University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Broadcast Journalism	116
Other Journalism	62
Photojournalism	34
General Journalism	21

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 Syracuse University.

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
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