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General Journalism at University of South Carolina - Columbia

General Journalism at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you are interested in studying general journalism, you may want to check out the program at University of South Carolina - Columbia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

UofSC General Journalism Degrees Available

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

UofSC General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UofSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 88% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UofSC General Journalism Master’s Program

78% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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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.

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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

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
Reporters and Correspondents 480 $46,660
Communications Professors 160 $65,620
Broadcast News Analysts 90 $57,530

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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