Communication & Journalism at Baruch College

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

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from Baruch.

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.

Baruch Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Baruch Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

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 Baruch 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	83
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	376

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in communication and journalism from Baruch. This is the #377 most popular school for communication and journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Baruch

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

Baruch Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 communication and journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from Baruch. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Baruch College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	21
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	64
Journalism	39

Related Majors

• History
• Education
• Social Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.