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Journalism at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in journalism.

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

GWU Journalism Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Journalism

GWU Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Journalism Master’s Program

80% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The journalism program at GWU awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 3
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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Editors 3,330 $89,710
Reporters and Correspondents 1,610 $100,550
Writers and Authors 1,250 $101,690
Photographers 420 $82,840
Radio and Television Announcers 320 $85,030

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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