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Journalism at Wayne State University

Journalism at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241.

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

Wayne State Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Wayne State Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Wayne State 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Wayne State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wayne State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 29

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Editors 1,670 $58,150
Reporters and Correspondents 1,190 $47,110
Writers and Authors 1,120 $60,850
Communications Professors 900 $71,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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