Journalism at University of Georgia

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at University of Georgia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year.

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

UGA Journalism Degrees Available

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

UGA Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UGA 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	107
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UGA Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UGA, 69% 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 Georgia with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	63
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Georgia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	126
Other Journalism	55

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Photographers	1,850	$45,270
Film and Video Editors	1,330	$64,470
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140
Writers and Authors	960	$63,260

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.