Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC Journalism Degrees Available

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

UIUC Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UIUC 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 UIUC

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

UIUC Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UIUC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIUC Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in journalism.

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

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	53

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.