Communication & Journalism at Bridgewater State University

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

Bridgewater State is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and approximately 10,651 students attend the school each year.

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.

Bridgewater State Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Bridgewater State Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Bridgewater State University.

Bridgewater State Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 Bridgewater State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	107
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bridgewater State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	153

Related Majors

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

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 MA, the home state for Bridgewater State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,090	$131,460
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Producers and Directors	3,250	$70,480

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 Jeremy Foote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.