Journalism at Union University

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

Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and approximately 3,071 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Union.

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

Union Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Union Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Union compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Union 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 Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181

Journalism Student Demographics at Union

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

Union Journalism Bachelor’s Program

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

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Union 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 Union University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

Union 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
• 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 TN, the home state for Union University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.