Journalism at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 21,322. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 92 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.

Syracuse Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Syracuse Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Journalism Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 92 journalism majors earned their master's degree from Syracuse. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in journalism each year. Syracuse does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	42
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

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

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 Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Film and Video Editors	4,590	$92,170
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Photographers	4,090	$53,150

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.