General Journalism at Hofstra University

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

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 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.

Hofstra General Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Hofstra General Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at Hofstra

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

Hofstra General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in journalism each year. Hofstra does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470
Broadcast News Analysts	880	$111,340

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 Dan14641 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.