General Journalism at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and has a total student population of 20,722.

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.

UNR General Journalism Degrees Available

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

UNR General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UNR 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 UNR

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

UNR General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UNR are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UNR General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UNR, 60% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Editors	460	$56,790
Writers and Authors	310	$53,730
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$47,900
Communications Professors	170	$59,780
Broadcast News Analysts	50	$71,820

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 delamare under License

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