Journalism at University of West Georgia

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if University of West Georgia is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

University of West Georgia is located in Carrollton, Georgia and approximately 13,419 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,895 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of West Georgia in 2021, 117 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.

University of West Georgia Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

University of West Georgia Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at University of West Georgia compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at University of West Georgia 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	210
	242

Earnings of University of West Georgia Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at University of West Georgia is $24,306. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 117 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from University of West Georgia in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 West Georgia with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for University of West Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Photographers	1,850	$45,270
Film and Video Editors	1,330	$64,470
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140
Writers and Authors	960	$63,260

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.