Journalism at Whitworth University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Whitworth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756. In 2021, 8 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitworth.

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

Whitworth Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Whitworth Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Whitworth 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 Whitworth 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
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213

Journalism Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 41% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 WA, the home state for Whitworth University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Photographers	1,030	$48,020
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.