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  4. BA Journalism

BA Journalism

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Hawaii Manoa

Program Overview

Journalism (JOUR) education develops students' critical thinking skills and ability to gather, analyze, and organize information and to communicate it clearly, effectively, and responsibly using multiple media platforms such as print, broadcast, online, and other new media. Journalism education embraces the social, cultural, and historic contexts of reporting on public and social institutions as well as on individuals and groups. It stresses the importance of a free, vigorous, and responsible press to the maintenance of an informed citizenry in order to exercise the rights of self-governance in a democracy.

Program Key Stats

$33786 (Annual cost)



72.8 %

Eligibility Criteria

2.8
30
85

1100
7
100

Additional Information & Requirements

Official High School Transcripts, Average GPA 3.50, Typical SAT scores-Critical reading-510, Math-510, Writing-510, ACT-English-22, Math-22, Composite-22, Writing-22, TOEFL: IBT-100, PBT-600, IELTS-7.0

Career Options

  • After graduation
  • Journalism majors have become news and sports reporters
  • columnists
  • editors
  • designers
  • newscasters
  • producers
  • photojournalists
  • media entrepreneurs
  • and managers
  • across multiple media platforms
  • They also go to law school or enter other graduate programs for more specialized learning
  • Our graduates are working in media organizations in places like Washington
  • D
  • C
  • ; Los Angeles
  • California; New York City
  • New York; San Antonio
  • Texas; Houston
  • Texas; Dallas/Fort Worth
  • Texas; Minneapolis
  • Minnesota; and abroad

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