University of Maryland - College Park BA in General Journalism

133 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

General Journalism is a concentration offered under the journalism major at University of Maryland - College Park. 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
References

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Journalism from UMCP Cost?

$10,779 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

UMCP Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UMCP paid an average of $1,456 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $367 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,824	$34,936
Fees	$1,955	$1,955
Books and Supplies	$1,250	$1,250
On Campus Room and Board	$13,256	$13,256
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,522	$2,522

Learn more about UMCP tuition and fees.

Does UMCP Offer an Online BA in Journalism?

Online degrees for the UMCP journalism bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMCP Online Learning page.

UMCP Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Journalism

133 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

67.7% Women

33.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 133 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 67.7% of the journalism students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 66.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 33.1% of journalism bachelor’s degree recipients at UMCP in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	15
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	86
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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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.