Journalism at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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

UAPB is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and has a total student population of 2,668. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UAPB.

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

UAPB Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UAPB Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UAPB 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 UAPB 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	79
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
	212
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236
Most Popular Journalism Schools	315

Earnings of UAPB Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAPB is $27,394. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at UAPB

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

UAPB Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at UAPB awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UAPB since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% 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 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

UAPB 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Photographers	330	$37,520
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.