Communication & Journalism at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year. Of the 547 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dominican University in 2021, 14 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.

Dominican U Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Dominican U Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

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 Dominican U 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	1,033

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Dominican U in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% 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 Dominican U since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

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

Dominican U 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

If you plan to be a communication and journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Dominican University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	8
Communication & Media Studies	4
Journalism	2

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Library Science
• 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Producers and Directors	2,950	$77,960
Photographers	2,600	$36,290

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.