General Journalism at Wichita State University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 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.

WSU General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

WSU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at WSU 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 WSU

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

WSU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

63% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at WSU since its program graduates 3% 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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Editors	530	$50,390
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$47,180
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670
Communications Professors	260	$70,090

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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