Nevada·Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations·SOC 27-3023

Best News Analyst programs in Nevada, ranked by enrollment

Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television.

5 schools in Nevada run programs that feed this job, graduating 216 people a year. The job pays a median of $78,550 in Nevada across about 370 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledAnchorReporterNews AnchorNews ReporterCriticBloggerLeg ManAnchorman
Graduates / yr
216
in Nevada
Median pay · Nevada
$78,550
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
370
people employed
Schools
5
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
39%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Nevada that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in Nevada that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Nevada (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Nevada page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 09.0102In Nevada
101
46.8%
1$34,858$25,000
2
Journalismmain feeder
CIP 09.0401In Nevada
100
46.3%
2$34,515$24,250
3
CIP 09.0100In Nevada
15
6.9%
2$34,858$25,000

Top 5 schools in Nevada

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 5 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
101Mass Communication/Media Studies$32,36551%96%
2University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
79Journalism$36,10961%74%
3College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
21Journalism19%
4Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
10Communication, General32%
5Nevada State University
Henderson, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
5Communication, General34%87%

All 5 schools in Nevada

Every school in Nevada with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Nevada that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Nevada - Las VegasLas VegasPublic1011
University of Nevada - RenoRenoPublic791
College of Southern NevadaLas VegasPublic211
Truckee Meadows Community CollegeRenoPublic101
Nevada State UniversityHendersonPublic51

What news analysts, reporters, and journalists earn in Nevada

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Nevada
$78,550
Mean annual
$83,550
Jobs in state
370
What the range looks like
10th pct$46,000Median$78,55090th pct$126,150
Versus the national median
+26.3%

U.S. median $62,200. Nevada pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.96×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
$81,640median
300 jobs
Reno, NV
$62,060median
60 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-3.9%
Decline
Openings per year
4,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-1,900
49,300 → 47,400
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists page.

How to become a News Analyst

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingActive ListeningCritical ThinkingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Nevada

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 14 majors mapped to News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists13 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 01.0802Agricultural Communication/Journalism
  • 09.0100Communication, General
  • 09.0102Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • 09.0401Journalism
  • 09.0402Broadcast Journalism
  • 09.0404Photojournalism
  • 09.0405Business and Economic Journalism(no graduates reported)
  • 09.0406Cultural Journalism
  • 09.0407Science/Health/Environmental Journalism
  • 09.0499Journalism, Other
  • 09.0701Radio and Television
  • 09.0904Political Communication
  • 09.0906Sports Communication
  • 09.0907International and Intercultural Communication

Common questions

Answers for people weighing news analysts, reporters, and journalists programs in Nevada.

What degree do you need to become a News Analyst?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Mass Communication/Media Studies, which awarded 101 degrees in Nevada in 2024-25, 46.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a News Analyst?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Communication and Media Studies, Journalism. Together they graduate about 216 people a year in Nevada.

How much do news analysts, reporters, and journalists earn in Nevada?+

The median is $78,550 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 26.3% above the U.S. median of $62,200. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for news analysts, reporters, and journalists growing?+

BLS projects a -3.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Nevada?+

5 institutions in Nevada reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do news analysts, reporters, and journalists work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Anchor, Reporter, News Anchor, News Reporter among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 27-3023.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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