Communication & Journalism at Aurora University

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

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and approximately 6,265 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 communication and journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Aurora.

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.

Aurora Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Aurora Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Aurora performed in these rankings.

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 Aurora 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	364
	432
	445
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	904

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Aurora

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

Aurora Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Aurora in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Aurora since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at Aurora are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Aurora University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Aurora 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

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Aurora University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	33

Related Majors

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

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 IL, the home state for Aurora University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Producers and Directors	2,950	$77,960
Photographers	2,600	$36,290

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.