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General Journalism at University of Nevada - Reno

General Journalism at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 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.

UNR General Journalism Degrees Available

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

UNR General Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR General Journalism Master’s Program

80% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from UNR, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Editors 460 $56,790
Writers and Authors 310 $53,730
Reporters and Correspondents 300 $47,900
Communications Professors 170 $59,780
Broadcast News Analysts 50 $71,820

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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