Communication & Journalism at Queens College

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

QC is located in Queens, New York and has a total student population of 19,700. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from QC.

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.

QC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

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

QC Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how QC 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 QC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	180
	267
Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	292
	591

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in communication and journalism from QC. This makes it the #181 most popular school for communication and journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at QC

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

QC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at QC awarded 116 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at QC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Queens College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	35
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

QC Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of communication and journalism master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	128

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Library Science
• 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 Queens 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.