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General Journalism at University of Kansas

General Journalism at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 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.

KU General Journalism Degrees Available

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

KU General Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at KU

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

KU General Journalism Master’s Program

76% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from KU, 76% 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 University of Kansas with a master's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Editors 530 $50,390
Reporters and Correspondents 260 $47,180
Writers and Authors 260 $62,670
Communications Professors 260 $70,090

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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