Journalism at University of Maine

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what University of Maine has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741. Of the 2,012 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maine in 2021, 9 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.

UMaine Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UMaine Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UMaine performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at UMaine 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
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252

Earnings of UMaine Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMaine is $25,203. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UMaine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maine with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Editors	360	$50,650
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$42,650
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$36,810
Photographers	120	$38,360
Communications Professors	100	$62,060

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
• Image Credit: By Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.