Journalism at Youngstown State University

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Youngstown State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Youngstown State University is located in Youngstown, Ohio and approximately 11,835 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University.

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

Youngstown State University Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Youngstown State University Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Youngstown State University performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Youngstown State University 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	181
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Best Journalism Schools	241
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Earnings of Youngstown State University Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Youngstown State University is $24,178. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Youngstown State University

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

Youngstown State University Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Youngstown State University awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Youngstown State University since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Youngstown State University 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 Youngstown State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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

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 OH, the home state for Youngstown State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Photographers	1,880	$42,370
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Blue80 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.