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Journalism at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Widener University in 2021, 11 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.

Widener Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Widener Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Widener 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 Widener

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

Widener Journalism Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from Widener. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140
Reporters and Correspondents 1,330 $39,600
Communications Professors 1,280 $76,720

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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