Communication & Journalism at Lehman College

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

Lehman is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 15,091 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from Lehman.

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.

Lehman Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Lehman Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at Lehman 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 Lehman 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
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	717

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Lehman

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

Lehman Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Lehman in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% 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 Lehman since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Lehman College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lehman 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

The following communication and journalism concentations are available at Lehman College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lehman College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	63
Journalism	16

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 Lehman 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 Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.