General Journalism at University of Colorado Boulder

Every general 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 Colorado Boulder stacks up to those at other schools.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

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

CU - Boulder General Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

CU - Boulder General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at CU - Boulder is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at CU - Boulder are white. This is above 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 Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CU - Boulder General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from CU - Boulder, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Communications Professors	620	$58,270
Reporters and Correspondents	570	$55,930
Broadcast News Analysts	130	$96,680

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.