Communication & Journalism at Albright College

If you plan to study communication and journalism, take a look at what Albright College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Albright is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,584. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Albright College in 2021, 20 of them were communication and journalism majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Albright Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Albright Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at Albright compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at Albright is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Communication & Journalism Schools	404
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	424
	438
	451
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	634
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	813

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Albright

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at Albright College.

Albright Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communication and journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Albright since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication and journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albright College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Albright also has a doctoral program available in communication and journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication and journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Albright College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	20

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Albright College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Producers and Directors	2,700	$76,050
Community Health Workers	2,000	$41,550

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Gcarbone2014 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.