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General Journalism at University of West Georgia

General 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.

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.

University of West Georgia General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

University of West Georgia General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at University of West Georgia 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 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 General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at University of West Georgia since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 52
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 36
International Students 0
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 GA, the home state for University of West Georgia.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Editors 2,190 $61,330
Reporters and Correspondents 1,230 $51,140
Writers and Authors 960 $63,260
Communications Professors 400 $77,820

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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