West Virginia University BA in General Journalism

180 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

General Journalism is a concentration offered under the journalism major at West Virginia University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in journalism, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
References

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

$8,976 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

WVU Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at WVU paid an average of $1,055 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $374 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,976	$25,320
Books and Supplies	$950	$950
On Campus Room and Board	$10,948	$10,948
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,250	$3,250

Learn more about WVU tuition and fees.

Does WVU Offer an Online BA in Journalism?

WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.

WVU Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Journalism

180 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

61.1% Women

13.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 180 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 61.1% 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

Around 13.3% of journalism bachelor’s degree recipients at WVU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	153
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

References

*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.