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Journalism at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Journalism at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559.

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

UT Knoxville Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UT Knoxville Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Journalism Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 51% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UT Knoxville 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 62
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 106

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Editors 1,690 $54,400
Photographers 810 $33,170
Writers and Authors 750 $55,370
Radio and Television Announcers 600 $43,560
Reporters and Correspondents 530 $37,290

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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