General Journalism at The University of Montana

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UM is located in Missoula, Montana and has a total student population of 9,808.

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.

UM General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UM General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UM 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 UM

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

UM General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

54% Women

8% 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 UM since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UM 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 University of Montana with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Science/Health/Environmental 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 MT, the home state for The University of Montana.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Reporters and Correspondents	290	$29,270
Editors	220	$41,030
Communications Professors	120	$59,700
Writers and Authors	110	$47,440

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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