Emerson College BA in General Journalism

78 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

General Journalism is a concentration offered under the journalism major at Emerson College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in journalism, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
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How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Journalism from Emerson Cost?

$50,444 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Emerson Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at Emerson paid an average of $1,548 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,536	$49,536
Fees	$908	$908
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200
On Campus Room and Board	$18,768	$18,768
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,410	$3,410

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Does Emerson Offer an Online BA in Journalism?

Emerson does not offer an online option for its journalism bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Emerson Online Learning page.

Emerson Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Journalism

78 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

64.1% Women

34.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 78 students received their bachelor’s degree in journalism. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 64.1% of the journalism students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 66.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 34.6% of the journalism bachelor’s degrees at Emerson in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	38
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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*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.