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Journalism at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Journalism at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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

UNM Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UNM Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UNM 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 UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Journalism Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 4
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 33

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Editors 310 $44,370
Photographers 230 $53,720
Radio and Television Announcers 230 $35,590
Reporters and Correspondents 200 $49,230
Writers and Authors 70 $49,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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