Communication & Journalism at College of Staten Island CUNY

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

CSI is located in Staten Island, New York and has a total student population of 12,797. Of the 1,693 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Staten Island CUNY in 2021, 91 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.

CSI Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

CSI Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how CSI 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 CSI 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 Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
	357
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	611

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at CSI

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

CSI Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 91 communication and journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSI, about 51% were men and 49% 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 CSI since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 College of Staten Island CUNY with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSI 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 College of Staten Island CUNY. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	91

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for College of Staten Island CUNY.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.