Journalism at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year.

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

Temple Journalism Degrees Available

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

Temple Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Temple 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 Temple

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

Temple Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Temple since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Temple are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Temple Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

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

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 Temple University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	110

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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.