Journalism at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 22,205 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UofM.

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

UofM Journalism Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UofM offers distance education options for journalism at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UofM Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at UofM 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 Popular Online Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Most Popular Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	32
Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	46

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in journalism from UofM. This makes it the #32 most popular school for journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UofM Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UofM is $30,145. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from UofM. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UofM since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UofM are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Memphis with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UofM Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 11 journalism students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UofM, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UofM, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Photographers	810	$33,170
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Radio and Television Announcers	600	$43,560
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.