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business and economic journalism Bachelor’s Degrees

Earnings of business and economic journalism Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees (All Award Levels)

Federal data tracks the median salary for graduates with abachelor’s degree in business and economic journalism of $49,199 four years after graduation. These figures are reported program-wide, across all award levels.

A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses.

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$36,675
4 years	$49,199
5 years	$57,526

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker (program-wide, all award levels).}

Student Debt (All Award Levels)

The data on debt ranges for business and economic journalism majors who have their bachelor’s degree is not currently available.

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors similar to business and economic journalism that also offer bachelor’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Journalism	9,378
Journalism, Other	1,098
Broadcast Journalism	757
Photojournalism	91
Science/Health/Environmental Journalism	10

References

The racial-ethnic minority student 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 to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.