Communication & Journalism at Charleston Southern University

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

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 541 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Charleston Southern University in 2021, 15 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.

CSU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

CSU Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at CSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at CSU 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 Schools	882

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at CSU

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

CSU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 communication and journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSU, about 60% were men and 40% 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 CSU since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at CSU 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 Charleston Southern University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSU 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 Charleston Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	15

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• 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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Producers and Directors	920	$57,200
Editors	820	$46,630
Photographers	630	$42,090

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.