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General Journalism at University of Florida

General Journalism at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at UF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UF does offer online courses in journalism for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UF General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UF 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 UF

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

UF General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 39
White 103
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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 Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Editors 4,190 $58,200
Writers and Authors 1,830 $53,140
Reporters and Correspondents 1,740 $53,810
Communications Professors 1,320 $77,290
Broadcast News Analysts 370 $102,180

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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