Journalism at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and has a total student population of 27,215. In 2021, 26 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from UCONN.

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

UCONN Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UCONN Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UCONN 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 UCONN Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $31,444. 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 UCONN

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

UCONN Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at UCONN awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UCONN are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCONN 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
• 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Editors	950	$71,260
Photographers	570	$44,140
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440
Radio and Television Announcers	390	$42,320
Film and Video Editors	310	$73,710

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.