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General Journalism at Western Washington University

General Journalism at Western Washington University

51% Women (Bachelor's)
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)
45 Bachelor's Degrees
If you are interested in studying general journalism, you may want to check out the program at Western Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

WWU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at WWU 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 WWU

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

WWU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Editors 1,830 $67,560
Writers and Authors 1,400 $65,200
Communications Professors 600 $60,370
Reporters and Correspondents 580 $53,980
Broadcast News Analysts 70 $122,060

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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