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Journalism at University of Kentucky

Journalism at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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

UK Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UK Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UK 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 UK

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

UK Journalism Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
38% 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 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 30
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at University of Kentucky. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kentucky. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 36

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Editors 770 $44,050
Reporters and Correspondents 740 $50,190
Radio and Television Announcers 540 $39,180
Communications Professors 420 $68,530
Photographers 400 $36,390

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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