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Journalism
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Journalism. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Journalism, and those who get either a masters
in Journalism, a Ph.D. in Journalism.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Journalism some students with a bachelors degree in Journalism will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Journalism.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Journalism Salaries.
Histogram of Journalism Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Journalism who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Journalism Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Journalism while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Journalism.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$43,020 208 33.82 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$58,296 79 12.85 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$39,894 45 7.32 OTHER management related occupations
$39,819 42 6.83 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$37,694 29 4.72 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$42,704 28 4.55 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$26,051 25 4.07 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$43,142 15 2.44 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$26,842 15 2.44 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$36,144 13 2.11 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$39,729 13 2.11 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$34,964 11 1.79 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$36,578 8 1.30 Computer system analysts
$29,806 7 1.14 Social Workers
$37,914 7 1.14 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$41,384 5 .81 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$23,540 5 .81 Teachers: Elementary
$27,202 4 .65 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$26,697 4 .65 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$42,033 3 .49 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$49,880 3 .49 OTHER service occupations, except health
$33,333 3 .49 Unknown
$23,333 3 .49 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$35,352 3 .49 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$35,567 3 .49 Other engineers
$16,764 3 .49 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$32,667 3 .49 OTHER health occupations
$51,600 2 .33 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$45,158 2 .33 Transportation/material moving occupations
$12,995 2 .33 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$33,840 2 .33 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$32,997 2 .33 Forestry, conservation scientists
$25,500 2 .33 Information systems scientists or analysts
$39,000 2 .33 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$22,803 1 .16 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area
$71,400 1 .16 Computer engineer - software
$64,480 1 .16 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$60,000 1 .16 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$18,600 1 .16 Professors: English
$52,000 1 .16 Sociologists
$22,000 1 .16 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$45,000 1 .16 OTHER postsecondary
$47,000 1 .16 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing
$24,000 1 .16 Engineers: Sales
$27,990 1 .16 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
$28,800 1 .16 Lawyers, Judges
$28,848 1 .16 Mechanics and repairers
$40,000 1 .16 Engineers: Mechanical
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Journalism.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$45,842 38 44.19 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$86,364 9 10.47 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$37,858 6 6.98 OTHER postsecondary
$33,684 5 5.81 Professors: English
$40,500 4 4.65 OTHER management related occupations
$55,363 3 3.49 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$41,000 3 3.49 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$30,460 2 2.33 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$91,000 2 2.33 Professors: OTHER social sciences
$46,250 2 2.33 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$49,000 1 1.16 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$9,100 1 1.16 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$50,000 1 1.16 Teachers: Secondary - social sciences
$50,000 1 1.16 Statisticians
$49,500 1 1.16 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$41,000 1 1.16 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$44,000 1 1.16 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$39,188 1 1.16 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$20,000 1 1.16 OTHER health occupations
$19,100 1 1.16 Social Workers
$18,000 1 1.16 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$12,000 1 1.16 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Journalism.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$31,500 4 40.00 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$135,008 2 20.00 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$24,000 1 10.00 Professors: English
$24,960 1 10.00 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Journalism
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$50,737 25 20.16 Journalism
$51,597 8 6.45 Business administration and management
$31,043 7 5.65 English Language and Literature/Letters
$21,825 7 5.65 Education: OTHER education
$36,230 7 5.65 Communications, general
$60,157 7 5.65 OTHER communications
$26,807 5 4.03 Education: Secondary teacher education
$35,790 4 3.23 Library Science
$29,900 4 3.23 Psychology: Counseling
$40,400 3 2.42 Social Work
$35,093 3 2.42 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$32,167 3 2.42 Liberal Arts/General Studies
$31,813 3 2.42 Education: Counselor education/guidance services
$55,150 3 2.42 Public administration
$56,000 2 1.61 Business marketing/marketing management
$53,716 2 1.61 Political science and government
$34,000 2 1.61 OTHER business management/administrative services
$40,500 2 1.61 Education: Elementary teacher education
$42,755 2 1.61 Education: Social science teacher education
$43,100 2 1.61 Financial management
$51,000 2 1.61 Education: Special education
$57,200 1 .81 Sociology
$58,500 1 .81 Education: Administration
$67,200 1 .81 Engineering: Aerospace, aeronautical, astronautical
$110,000 1 .81 International relations
$52,000 1 .81 Information services and systems
$110,400 1 .81 Business, general
$51,000 1 .81 Health services administration
$15,600 1 .81 Psychology: Industrial/Organizational
$48,500 1 .81 Psychology: Educational
$48,500 1 .81 Education: Educational psychology
$47,000 1 .81 Psychology: General
$43,376 1 .81 OTHER engineering-related technologies
$42,500 1 .81 Education: Computer teacher education
$33,540 1 .81 OTHER public affairs
$28,800 1 .81 OTHER psychology
$27,400 1 .81 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$27,100 1 .81 Public policy studies
$27,000 1 .81 Home Economics
$25,000 1 .81 OTHER health/medical sciences
$25,000 1 .81 OTHER computer and information sciences
$23,305 1 .81 OTHER foreign languages and literature
$23,000 1 .81 Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Journalism
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$27,267 3 18.75 Journalism
$44,844 2 12.50 Communications, general
$40,000 2 12.50 English Language and Literature/Letters
$40,500 2 12.50 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$44,000 1 6.25 OTHER psychology
$50,000 1 6.25 Political science and government
$45,000 1 6.25 Psychology: Clinical
$24,000 1 6.25 OTHER foreign languages and literature
$38,500 1 6.25 Linguistics
$35,000 1 6.25 Economics
$32,000 1 6.25 Education: OTHER education
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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Journalism
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com