Journalism at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,442 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Oklahoma in 2021, 60 of them were journalism majors.

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

UCO Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UCO Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UCO 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.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UCO Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCO is $30,677. 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 UCO

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

UCO Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from UCO. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UCO since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UCO are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UCO 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Editors	700	$44,380
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$38,300
Photographers	360	$31,940
Communications Professors	330	$50,700
Radio and Television Announcers	310	$35,900

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.