Journalism at University of Richmond

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and approximately 4,056 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from URichmond.

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

URichmond Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

URichmond Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at URichmond compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at URichmond 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
Most Focused Journalism Schools	84
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Most Popular Journalism Schools	177

Journalism Student Demographics at URichmond

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

URichmond Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from URichmond. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at URichmond 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 Richmond with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Photographers	860	$37,420
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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 Andrij Bulba under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.