Journalism

A program that focuses on the theory and practice of gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers. Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting; photojournalism; layout and graphic design; journalism law and policy; professional standards and ethics; research methods; and journalism history and criticism.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 364 institutions across the United States, with a total of 30246 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

472

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

8,590

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

933

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

20,173

awards given

Top Schools for Journalism

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	1,569
2	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	732
3	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	699
4	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	660
5	University of North Texas Denton, TX	627
6	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	528
7	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	525
8	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	507
9	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	501
10	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	498
11	University of Georgia Athens, GA	447
12	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	435
13	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	435
14	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	423
15	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	417
16	Boston University Boston, MA	411
17	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	384
18	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	378
19	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	369
20	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	366
21	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	360
22	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	345
23	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	342
24	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	323
25	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	306
26	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	288
27	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	285
28	Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA	279
29	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	270
30	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	258
31	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	258
32	Emerson College Boston, MA	255
33	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	252
34	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	240
35	Ball State University Muncie, IN	231
36	American University Washington, DC	231
37	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	228
38	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	228
39	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	213
40	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	213
41	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	204
42	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	198
43	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	192
44	Baylor University Waco, TX	192
45	Universidad del Sagrado Corazon Santurce, PR	183
46	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	174
47	Utah State University Logan, UT	168
48	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	168
49	Northeastern University Boston, MA	168
50	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	162
51	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	162
52	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	156
53	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	153
54	Iowa State University Ames, IA	153
55	Auburn University Auburn, AL	150
56	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	144
57	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	144
58	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	144
59	University of Houston Houston, TX	144
60	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	136
61	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	135
62	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	135
63	New York University New York, NY	129
64	George Washington University Washington, DC	129
65	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	126
66	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	126
67	University of Mississippi University, MS	126
68	DePaul University Chicago, IL	126
69	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	123
70	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	117
71	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	117
72	Elon University Elon, NC	114
73	Marshall University Huntington, WV	108
74	Fordham University Bronx, NY	108
75	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	108
76	Ashford University San Diego, CA	108
77	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	108
78	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	108
79	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	105
80	St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY	102
81	Illinois State University Normal, IL	102
82	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	102
83	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	102
84	Radford University Radford, VA	99
85	Samford University Birmingham, AL	99
86	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	96
87	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	96
88	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	93
89	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR	90
90	Savannah State University Savannah, GA	90
91	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	87
92	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	87
93	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	84
94	Washington State University Pullman, WA	84
95	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	81
96	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	81
97	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	81
98	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	78
99	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	78
100	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	75