Public Accountability
Undergraduate Enrollment for 2023-24 academic year
- News & Information track: 306
- Strategic Communication track: 122
- Carr Van Anda: 44
- Journalism Minor: 45
- Honors Tutorial College journalism majors: 29
- Advertising and Public Relations Minor: 84
- Total: 630
| Student Retention Rates | Ohio University | Journalism |
|---|---|---|
| Entering 2016-17 | 80% | 90% |
| Entering 2017-18 | 81% | 84% |
| Entering 2018-19 | 81% | 91% |
| Entering 2019-20 | 81% | 87% |
| Entering 2020-21 | 81% | 87% |
| Entering 2021-22 | 79% | 86% |
| Term Cohort | Ohio University | Journalism | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entering 2015-16 | 4 yrs 51% | 5 yrs 65% | 4 yrs 74.5% | 5 yrs 80% |
| Entering 2016-17 | 4 yrs 50% | 5 yrs 63.5 | 4 yrs 71.8% | 5 yrs 77.6 |
| Entering 2017-18 | 4 yrs 53.1% | 5 yrs 64.9% | 4 yrs 71.2% | 5 yrs 75.5 |
| Entering 2018-19 | 4 yrs 50.6% | 5 yrs 63.4% | 4 yrs 69.1% | 5 yrs 75.5% |
| Entering 2019-20 | 4 yrs 51% | 5 yrs N/A | 4 yrs 70.8% | 5 yrs 75.7% |
Placement
The Office of Institutional Research conducts an annual survey of alumni designed to collect information on Ohio University bachelor's degree graduates about a year after graduation. It is one of Ohio University's university-wide assessment studies.
Current Employment Status
| Employed | Employed/In school | Not employed/In school | Not employed/Not in school | |
| 2014-15 | 63% | 6% | 2% | 0% |
| 2015-16 | 56% | 5% | 3% | 0% |
| 2016-17 | 62% | 8% | 2% | 0 |
| 2017-18 | 71% | 4% | 3% | 0% |
| 2018-19 | 60% | 8% | 3% | 1% |
| 2019-20 | 58% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| 2020-21 | 75% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| 2021-22 | 76% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| 2022-23 | 85% | 7% | 5% | 2% |