Survey of American College Students 2022: Interest in Education and Careers in Journalism, Media and Communications

Survey of American College Students 2022: Interest in Education and Careers in Journalism, Media and Communications

Interest was somewhat stronger from females than males; 16.7% of males thought it likely or highly likely that they would need journalistic/media skills vs. 24.2% of females. Interest was also very strong from those living in fraternities or sororities; 62.5% believed it likely or very likely that they would need journalistic/media skills. Also, students in the highest ACT/SAT score ranges were more likely than others to believe that these skills would be useful to then in the future – more than 30% thought so. The report defines in great detail students who are interested in studying journalism, media or communications, either as their major, in graduate school, or as a supplement to another field of study. The study also presents the results of an open ended question about which grad schools of communications/journalism students are thinking of applying to. The study is based on data from 1,259 full time college students enrolled full time at 4-year colleges and universities in the USA.