Journalism at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2021, 11 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.

UH Manoa Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UH Manoa Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at UH Manoa compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at UH Manoa 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
Most Popular Journalism Schools	218
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	280

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UH Manoa Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Manoa is $30,038. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from UH Manoa. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH Manoa also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Photographers	450	$41,640
Editors	380	$78,390
Radio and Television Announcers	160	$47,040
Reporters and Correspondents	120	$43,250
Communications Professors	120	$60,030

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.