Communication & Journalism at Central Penn College

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at Central Penn College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Central Penn is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania and approximately 963 students attend the school each year. Of the 165 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Penn College in 2021, 9 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.

Central Penn Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communication & Journalism
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Central Penn

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Central Penn does offer online courses in communication and journalism for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Central Penn Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at Central Penn 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 Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools	80
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools	256
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools	298
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	551
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	593
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	895
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	1,087

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Central Penn

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

Central Penn Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of communication and journalism associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Central Penn Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communication and journalism from Central Penn in 2021, 56% were men and 44% 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 Central Penn since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Central Penn College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Central Penn 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 Central Penn College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	10

Related Majors

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 Central Penn 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.