Journalism at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517. Of the 3,055 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 65 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.

WKU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

WKU Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at WKU 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.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from WKU Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at WKU is $27,337. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from WKU in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	50
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Editors	770	$44,050
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$50,190
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Photographers	400	$36,390

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.