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Journalism at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and approximately 10,335 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UCA.

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

UCA Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UCA Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UCA performed in these rankings.

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 UCA 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
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools 154

Earnings of UCA Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCA is $30,505. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

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Journalism Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Journalism Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from UCA in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UCA since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 Central Arkansas.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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