General Journalism at University of Kentucky

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

UK General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UK General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UK 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 UK

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

UK General 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 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UK are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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.

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

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
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320
Broadcast News Analysts	60	$93,630

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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