Journalism at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 32 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine.

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

UC Irvine Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UC Irvine Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at UC Irvine 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 Schools	112

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UC Irvine Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $28,207. 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 UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Irvine, about 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 California - Irvine with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.