Communication & Journalism at Eastern Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying communication & journalism, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644.

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.

ECSU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

ECSU Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at ECSU 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at ECSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Eastern Connecticut State University.

ECSU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical communication & journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at ECSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 Eastern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	61
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	22

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Producers and Directors	1,800	$84,900
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,040	$122,760
Editors	950	$71,260

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.