Communication & Journalism at Birmingham Southern College

Every communication & journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication & journalism program at Birmingham Southern College stacks up to those at other schools.

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,129.

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.

BSC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

BSC Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at BSC 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at BSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Birmingham Southern College.

BSC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical communication & journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at BSC since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at BSC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication & 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 Birmingham Southern College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	12

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & 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 AL, the home state for Birmingham Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Community Health Workers	760	$42,830
Producers and Directors	730	$57,040
Technical Writers	700	$69,970

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 Jwrandolph under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.