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Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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.

UIUC Journalism Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Journalism

UIUC Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Journalism Master’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in journalism each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 2
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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Photographers 2,600 $36,290
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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