Communication & Journalism at Fashion Institute of Technology

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

FIT SUNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 8,191 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 280 communication and journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from FIT SUNY.

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.

FIT SUNY Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

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

FIT SUNY Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at FIT SUNY 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 Associate Degree Schools	1
Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools	6
	11
Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools	14
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	26
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
	78
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
	146
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best Communication & Journalism Schools	194

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at FIT SUNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at Fashion Institute of Technology.

FIT SUNY Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of communication and journalism associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

FIT SUNY does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communication and journalism graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a associate's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	143
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

FIT SUNY Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 280 communication and journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FIT SUNY, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Fashion Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	129
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

FIT SUNY 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Fashion Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	598

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human 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 Fashion Institute of Technology.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.