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General Journalism at University of Southern California

General Journalism at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC General Journalism Degrees Available

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

USC General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at USC 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 USC

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

USC General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 43
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

USC General Journalism Master’s Program

67% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 22
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820
Broadcast News Analysts 360 $102,480

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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