Publishing at Portland State University

If you plan to study publishing, take a look at what Portland State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received their master's degree in publishing.

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

Portland State University Publishing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Publishing

Portland State University Publishing Rankings

Publishing Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Publishing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of publishing master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in publishing each year. Portland State University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a publishing master's degree from Portland State University, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Publishing Grads May Go Into

A degree in publishing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Editors	1,080	$55,610

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.