General Journalism at University of Houston

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090.

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.

UH General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UH General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UH 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 UH

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

UH General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680
Broadcast News Analysts	250	$90,060

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
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