Journalism at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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 Washington - Seattle Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 39 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle.

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

UW Seattle Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UW Seattle Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UW Seattle 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.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UW Seattle Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $30,444. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at UW Seattle awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Seattle 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

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Photographers	1,030	$48,020
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.