Journalism at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if University of Nebraska - Lincoln is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and approximately 25,108 students attend the school each year.

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

UNL Journalism Degrees Available

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

UNL Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UNL 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at UNL

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

UNL Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UNL since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UNL 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 - Lincoln with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	62
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNL Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UNL, 70% 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 Nebraska - Lincoln with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Journalism	47
Broadcast Journalism	35
General Journalism	27

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 - Lincoln.

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
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