Journalism at The College of New Jersey

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 The College of New Jersey stacks up to those at other schools.

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from TCNJ.

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

TCNJ Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

TCNJ Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how TCNJ 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 TCNJ 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	139

Journalism Student Demographics at TCNJ

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at The College of New Jersey.

TCNJ Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TCNJ 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

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 NJ, the home state for The College of New Jersey.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Editors	3,130	$74,130
Photographers	1,400	$35,840
Writers and Authors	1,050	$81,160
Communications Professors	940	$92,200
Film and Video Editors	590	$87,150

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.