Journalism at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

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

UW Oshkosh is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and approximately 15,314 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from UW Oshkosh.

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 Oshkosh Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UW Oshkosh Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at UW Oshkosh compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at UW Oshkosh 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
	106

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from UW Oshkosh Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Oshkosh is $32,244. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at UW Oshkosh

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

UW Oshkosh Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from UW Oshkosh. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Oshkosh since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UW Oshkosh 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 Wisconsin - Oshkosh with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Photographers	1,070	$34,750
Reporters and Correspondents	630	$34,180
Radio and Television Announcers	620	$53,020
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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 Royalbroil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.