Class Profiles

Here’s a glance at the makeup of the latest Newmark J-School classes by academic program.

M.A. IN JOURNALISM

Class of 2021

Total Enrollment: 74 students

Percent Male: 36%

Percent Female: 61%

Percent Non-binary: 3%

Percent Students of Color: 50%

Percent Non-New York State Residents (includes non-US citizens): 36%

Average Age: 25

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.5

Sampling of Undergraduate Institutions Represented: Brigham Young University,  Clemson University, CUNY Baruch College, CUNY Brooklyn College, CUNY City College, CUNY Hunter College, CUNY John Jay College, CUNY Lehman College, CUNY Queens College, CUNY York College, Johns Hopkins, McGill, NYU, Northwestern, Penn State, SUNY Albany, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Purchase, Tulane, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, Washington University (St. Louis), University of Virginia, Wesleyan, Yale

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M.A. IN JOURNALISM, SPANISH-LANGUAGE

Class of 2021

Total Enrollment: 10 students

Percent Male: 80%

Percent Female: 20%

Percent Hispanic Students: 90%

Average Age: 30

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.2

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M.A. IN SOCIAL JOURNALISM

Class of 2021

Total Enrollment: 16 students

Percent Male: 19%

Percent Female: 75%

Percent Non-binary: 6%

Percent Underrepresented Students: 50%

Average Age: 28

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.2

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M.A. IN JOURNALISM

Class of 2020

Total Enrollment: 93 students

Percent Male: 37%

Percent Female: 60%

Percent Non-binary: 3%

Percent Underrepresented Students: 51%

Percent Non-New York State Residents (includes non-US citizens): 57%

Average Age: 26

Age Range: 20-60 years old

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.4

Sampling of Undergraduate Institutions Represented:  Amherst College, Appalachian State University, Arizona State University, Barnard College, Boston University, CUNY Baruch College, CUNY City College, Fordham University, Howard University, Lebanese American University, Macalester College, McGill University, Morgan State University, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern University, NYU, Oberlin College, Penn State University, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, Rhodes University, Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY Binghamton, Texas A&M- San Marcos, UCLA, University of Florida, University of Kentucky, University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez, University of Texas- Austin, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Winthrop University

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M.A. IN SOCIAL JOURNALISM

Class of 2020

Total Enrollment: 12 students

Percent Male: 25%

Percent Female: 67%

Percent Non-binary: 8%

Percent Underrepresented Students: 58%

Percent Non-New York State Residents (includes non-US citizens): 58%

Average Age: 26

Age Range: 22-48 years old

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.3

Sampling of Undergraduate Institutions Represented: SUNY Old Westbury, Hampton University, Marquette University, SUNY Purchase, Christian Brothers University, Eugene Lang College, Howard University, Varsity College, University of Texas- El Paso, University of Oxford, Rutgers University

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