Journalism at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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 South Carolina - Columbia stacks up to those at other schools.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 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.

UofSC Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

UofSC Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UofSC 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 UofSC

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

UofSC Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UofSC Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Columbia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Broadcast Journalism	53
General Journalism	41

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Editors	820	$46,630
Photographers	630	$42,090
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$49,430

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.