Journalism at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and has a total student population of 6,225. Of the 921 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2021, 13 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.

UNK Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UNK Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at UNK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UNK 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
	22
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Most Popular Journalism Schools	200

Earnings of UNK Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNK is $36,716. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at UNK

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

UNK Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNK. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UNK since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UNK 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 Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Editors	460	$47,910
Reporters and Correspondents	390	$39,510
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$38,940
Photographers	270	$35,760
Writers and Authors	220	$45,280

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.