Communication & Journalism at Birmingham Southern College

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

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,129. In 2021, 12 communication and journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from BSC.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how BSC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	324
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	394
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	815
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	1,021

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at BSC

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

BSC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 communication and journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from BSC. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% 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 BSC since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at BSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BSC 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

The following communication and journalism concentations are available at Birmingham Southern College. 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

• Social Sciences
• Education
• History
• 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 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.