Journalism at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UNC Chapel Hill.

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

UNC Chapel Hill Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UNC Chapel Hill Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Chapel Hill performed in these rankings.

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 UNC Chapel Hill 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
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26

Journalism Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UNC Chapel Hill 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Photographers	1,450	$33,630
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.