General Journalism at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and approximately 11,989 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.

UW - Whitewater General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

UW - Whitewater General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at UW - Whitewater 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 UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at UW - Whitewater 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 - Whitewater with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 - Whitewater.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Reporters and Correspondents	630	$34,180
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360
Communications Professors	500	$79,870
Broadcast News Analysts	70	$91,770

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
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