General Journalism at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 22,205 students attend the school each year.

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.

UofM General 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UofM General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UofM 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 UofM

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

UofM General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UofM General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UofM, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290
Communications Professors	310	$56,860
Broadcast News Analysts	100	$67,840

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.