General Journalism at Syracuse University

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

Every general 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 General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Syracuse General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Syracuse General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Syracuse 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 Syracuse

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

Syracuse General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

54% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 67% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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
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
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