The UK Journalism Program has been accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication since 1950.
ACEJMC is an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education.
Accredited programs adhere to a set of educational requirements and standards, and voluntarily undergo a self-study and review process every six years. Our most recent self-study was during the 2014-2015 academic year, and we were reaccredited in 2015. For more information on ACEJMC and the vision, mission, standards and process involved in national accreditation, see this website.
Below, we provide data regarding our number of majors, the retention rate of those majors and the graduation rate. The tables also show how the program’s retention and graduation rates compare to UK’s at large.
Journalism and Media Arts & Studies Undergraduate Enrollment*
|
|
Fall 2013 |
Fall 2014 |
Fall 2015 |
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
JOUR |
268 |
257 |
290 |
269 |
231 |
220 |
196 |
183 |
|
MAST |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
138 |
136 |
* Enrollment equals number of majors
* Official university enrollments do not include second majors
* MAST data excluded previous to 2018 due to exclusion from reaccreditation.
Student Retention Rates*
|
|
After second year |
After third year |
After fourth year |
After fifth year |
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|
Entering |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
|
2010 |
64.0% |
58.4% |
N/A |
42.0% |
41.6% |
N/A |
34.7% |
39.0% |
N/A |
13.4% |
10.4% |
N/A |
|
2011 |
61.1% |
63.0% |
N/A |
41.1% |
67.4% |
N/A |
34.1% |
56.5% |
N/A |
13.1% |
6.5% |
N/A |
|
2012 |
62.6% |
87.5% |
N/A |
44.1% |
70.3% |
N/A |
36.1% |
65.6% |
N/A |
10.7% |
9.4% |
N/A |
|
2013 |
63.8% |
76.2% |
N/A |
43.5% |
60.3% |
N/A |
37.3% |
55.6% |
N/A |
10.9% |
7.9% |
N/A |
|
2014 |
65.4% |
65.0% |
N/A |
45.4% |
52.5% |
N/A |
39.4% |
47.5% |
N/A |
10.1% |
2.5% |
N/A |
|
2015 |
61.9% |
60.8% |
N/A |
46.9% |
55.4% |
N/A |
41.4% |
54.1% |
N/A |
8.8% |
9.5% |
N/A |
|
2016 |
60.3% |
72.9% |
N/A |
49.2% |
64.6% |
N/A |
42.6% |
58.3% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2017 |
69.1% |
73.9% |
N/A |
54.5% |
60.9% |
N/A |
47.6% |
56.5% |
66.7% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2018 |
73.6% |
70.5% |
N/A |
65.9% |
81.8% |
N/A |
59.1% |
81.8% |
72.2% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2019 |
86.1% |
85.7% |
N/A |
74.3% |
85.7% |
56.3% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2020 |
72.6% |
76.9% |
69.2% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
* Retention rates shown above for UK reflect the rate of students who persist beyond the second year.
* Percentages include all journalism majors, including directly admitted and sophomore admissions.
* Retention rates for journalism show the percentage of majors who, after being retained for one year, continue to be majors.
* MAST data excluded previous to 2018 due to exclusion from reaccreditation.
Student Graduation Rates*
|
|
After fourth year |
After fifth year |
After sixth year |
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|
Entering |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
UK |
JOUR |
MAST |
|
2010 |
21.9% |
29.9% |
N/A |
31.2% |
42.9% |
N/A |
33.0% |
42.9% |
N/A |
|
2011 |
22.0% |
50.0% |
N/A |
31.3% |
56.5% |
N/A |
32.7% |
56.5% |
N/A |
|
2012 |
25.6% |
59.4% |
N/A |
33.9% |
64.1% |
N/A |
35.3% |
64.1% |
N/A |
|
2013 |
26.6% |
50.8% |
N/A |
35.1% |
52.4% |
N/A |
36.6% |
52.4% |
45.5% |
|
2014 |
29.4% |
47.5% |
N/A |
37.3% |
50% |
50% |
38.6% |
50% |
50% |
|
2015 |
33.2% |
44.6% |
41.7% |
40.7% |
54.1% |
41.7% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2016 |
34.8% |
54.2% |
39.1% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2017 |
... |
... |
... |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
* Graduation rates are calculated by dividing the number of graduating students by the number of students in a cohort.
* MAST data excluded previous to 2018 due to exclusion from reaccreditation.