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Journalism at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

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

URI Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

URI Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at URI 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.

Earnings of URI Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $25,772. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

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Journalism Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Journalism Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from URI. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at URI 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 Rhode Island 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 2
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Photographers 250 $54,800
Editors 200 $66,900
Writers and Authors 180 $63,820
Communications Professors 120 $80,330

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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