WhatGradsMake

What Journalism grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $58,956 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of North Carolina - Chapel HillNC$69,682$124,373+111%
2Washington and Lee UniversityVA$25,735$72,181$110,151+22%
3University of RichmondVA$43,948$72,014$93,297+22%
4University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$43,642$70,830$94,456+20%
5University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$43,711$68,802$96,448+17%
6University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$42,203$66,847$91,627+13%
7Quinnipiac UniversityCT$39,119$66,761$92,521+13%
8State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$40,155$66,726$91,685+13%
9University of ConnecticutCT$42,694$66,130$85,664+12%
10University of Texas at AustinTX$44,795$65,758$85,493+12%
11University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$38,655$65,552$87,772+11%
12University of Colorado BoulderCO$38,410$65,149$88,416+11%
13Indiana University - BloomingtonIN$41,430$64,832$83,644+10%
14CUNY Bernard M. Baruch CollegeNY$36,805$64,533$76,015+9%
15Arizona State UniversityAZ$40,654$62,956$84,672+7%
16Texas A&M UniversityTX$39,774$62,781$77,273+6%
17Miami UniversityOH$41,338$62,777$83,907+6%
18University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$38,590$62,297$92,600+6%
19University of OklahomaOK$39,143$61,417$81,357+4%
20Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$38,051$61,364$79,547+4%
21Utah State UniversityUT$39,970$60,067$84,025+2%
22University of GeorgiaGA$37,711$59,859$76,470+2%
23Bethel UniversityMN$36,674$59,848+2%
24University of North TexasTX$37,606$59,826$74,435+1%
25University of IowaIA$38,027$59,636$77,446+1%
26Ohio UniversityOH$38,901$59,529$78,360+1%
27West Virginia UniversityWV$36,277$59,486$75,736+1%
28DePaul UniversityIL$32,534$58,956$84,7960%
29University of HoustonTX$37,710$58,929$73,0050%
30State University of New York at AlbanyNY$32,595$58,887$82,0480%
31University of Arizona (The)AZ$36,899$58,430$80,792-1%
32Butler UniversityIN$45,751$58,363-1%
33CUNY Brooklyn CollegeNY$37,402$58,325$79,517-1%
34University of Saint ThomasMN$43,047$58,107$86,672-1%
35Texas Tech UniversityTX$36,589$58,057$71,471-2%
36Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$37,132$57,991-2%
37University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$44,426$57,785$73,408-2%
38University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$37,075$57,726$68,203-2%
39Ohio State University (The)OH$35,581$57,595$74,606-2%
40Kennesaw State UniversityGA$32,639$57,248-3%
41Loyola University ChicagoIL$38,573$57,220$81,671-3%
42University of Texas of the Permian BasinTX$43,047$56,877$86,367-4%
43Georgia College & State UniversityGA$38,391$56,143$66,099-5%
44Colorado State UniversityCO$36,423$55,759$74,793-5%
45Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$38,590$55,670$72,089-6%
46University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$43,636$55,520$63,874-6%
47Hampton UniversityVA$36,932$55,464$72,109-6%
48Salem State UniversityMA$34,840$55,380$73,157-6%
49State University of New York at New PaltzNY$34,360$55,151$72,057-6%
50University of OregonOR$34,913$55,124$71,591-6%
51University of Texas at El PasoTX$41,544$55,111$63,970-7%
52Stephen F Austin State UniversityTX$36,795$55,062$67,042-7%
53Oklahoma State UniversityOK$37,811$55,019$75,634-7%
54Georgia State UniversityGA$35,659$54,923$67,085-7%
55Texas Woman's UniversityTX$44,129$54,051$65,986-8%
56University of Texas at TylerTX$38,082$54,051$60,837-8%
57Illinois State UniversityIL$33,883$54,000$73,307-8%
58University of AlabamaAL$35,493$53,944$64,810-8%
59Sam Houston State UniversityTX$36,356$53,801$68,758-9%
60SUNY College at PurchaseNY$33,826$53,726$72,966-9%
61CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$33,372$53,647$64,175-9%
62Ball State UniversityIN$37,294$53,545$67,488-9%
63University of Northern ColoradoCO$34,062$53,300$67,138-10%
64Radford UniversityVA$34,545$53,167$67,654-10%
65Averett UniversityVA$41,695$53,107-10%
66University of MaineME$34,316$53,032$81,671-10%
67State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$33,572$52,963$65,698-10%
68Midwestern State UniversityTX$36,341$52,839$63,134-10%
69University of WyomingWY$34,014$52,839$62,818-10%
70Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$35,945$52,793$63,874-10%
71Southern Connecticut State UniversityCT$35,823$52,580$68,560-11%
72Franklin College of IndianaIN$36,091$52,508-11%
73University of Wisconsin - Eau ClaireWI$34,712$52,344$66,741-11%
74Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$34,017$52,100$66,118-12%
75University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$35,440$51,923$63,919-12%
76University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterWI$35,839$51,542$65,353-13%
77Texas State UniversityTX$33,128$51,338$62,704-13%
78Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$36,166$51,049$57,552-13%
79University of Wisconsin - OshkoshWI$36,149$50,919$63,496-14%
80CUNY York CollegeNY$31,066$50,539-14%
81Concordia College - MoorheadMN$37,198$50,477-14%
82SUNY College at BrockportNY$32,806$50,339$59,282-15%
83State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$33,239$50,296$62,075-15%
84University of Wisconsin - River FallsWI$36,474$50,276$60,657-15%
85East Carolina UniversityNC$34,171$50,267$62,780-15%
86Lewis UniversityIL$32,231$50,227$61,332-15%
87Texas Southern UniversityTX$34,765$50,016$67,042-15%
88Northern Illinois UniversityIL$34,073$49,841$65,274-15%
89Kent State UniversityOH$33,926$49,706$61,986-16%
90South Dakota State UniversitySD$36,615$49,630$64,100-16%
91University of West GeorgiaGA$32,081$49,446$62,818-16%
92University of Akron (The)OH$31,171$49,328$62,818-16%
93Georgia Southern UniversityGA$30,731$49,323$57,867-16%
94Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$32,455$49,292$60,785-16%
95University of CincinnatiOH$34,592$49,171$67,204-17%
96Eastern Illinois UniversityIL$33,861$49,171$61,630-17%
97Texas A&M University - CommerceTX$32,953$49,062$65,986-17%
98West Texas A&M UniversityTX$35,160$48,878$62,994-17%
99Northeastern State UniversityOK$34,840$48,791-17%
100Marshall UniversityWV$33,008$48,272$60,779-18%
101Indiana University SoutheastIN$35,797$47,939$58,363-19%
102Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$30,143$47,916$59,105-19%
103SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$31,387$47,574$60,342-19%
104Angelo State UniversityTX$33,372$47,368$62,075-20%
105University of Southern IndianaIN$33,458$47,119$57,301-20%
106Norfolk State UniversityVA$30,500$47,119$56,312-20%
107North Greenville UniversitySC$30,437$46,982$56,524-20%
108University of Central MissouriMO$36,215$46,924$56,877-20%
109Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$35,207$46,663-21%
110Bowling Green State UniversityOH$32,276$46,644$61,431-21%
111Appalachian State UniversityNC$29,919$46,242$59,105-22%
112Northwestern State UniversityLA$32,557$46,207$60,316-22%
113Western Illinois UniversityIL$31,037$45,505$59,253-23%
114University of Montana (The)MT$33,900$45,360$60,401-23%
115Missouri State UniversityMO$31,905$44,440$56,106-25%
116SUNY at FredoniaNY$33,861$44,129-25%
117Savannah State UniversityGA$28,756$44,083$57,938-25%
118Dominican UniversityIL$38,623$43,948$74,301-25%
119Northwest Missouri State UniversityMO$34,307$43,047$52,745-27%
120Youngstown State UniversityOH$26,340$43,047$65,986-27%
121Central State UniversityOH$28,604$42,371$49,731-28%
122Virginia Union UniversityVA$25,118$42,371$59,848-28%
123Concord UniversityWV$27,319$42,214$57,248-28%
124Southern Oregon UniversityOR$28,436$41,424$53,107-30%
125Lincoln UniversityMO$28,252$41,326$47,119-30%
126Indiana State UniversityIN$32,492$39,425$62,818-33%
127Morris CollegeSC$30,731$37,592$42,505-36%
128Grace College and Theological SeminaryIN$87,772
129University of Minnesota DuluthMN$32,272
130Liberty UniversityVA$28,654

Associate

national median $38,895 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1South Plains CollegeTX$25,504$54,051$83,557+39%
2Austin Community CollegeTX$34,107$44,737+15%
3Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY$25,760$41,799$56,877+7%
4Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$29,849$41,469$59,848+7%
5Oklahoma City Community CollegeOK$29,948$40,342+4%
6Herkimer County Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$24,059$38,895$44,8910%
7Onondaga Community CollegeNY$26,038$37,821$44,932-3%
8Tyler Junior CollegeTX$31,317$35,528-9%
9Del Mar CollegeTX$30,143$35,430$49,171-9%

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of CincinnatiOH$38,400$55,355$64,175
2State University of New York at BuffaloNY$40,037$50,881

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Northwest CollegeWY$77,273$79,471