Journalism at University of Central Florida

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at University of Central Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UCF.

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

UCF Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UCF Journalism Rankings

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

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 UCF 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
	62

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UCF Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCF is $35,436. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCF. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% were women.

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 Florida with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Photographers	4,480	$39,990
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Film and Video Editors	1,430	$50,410

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.