Journalism at University of Southern Indiana

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 Southern Indiana stacks up to those at other schools.

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and approximately 10,203 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,629 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Indiana in 2021, 3 of them were journalism majors.

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

USI Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

USI Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how USI performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at USI 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
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
	226
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308

Journalism Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from USI. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at USI since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at USI 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Photographers	800	$35,460
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.