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Journalism at University of Rhode Island

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.

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.

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

48% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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About 70% 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 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 21

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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