Communication & Journalism at Ferris State University

What traits are you looking for in a communication & journalism school? To help you decide if Ferris State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication & journalism program.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165.

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.

Ferris Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Ferris Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Ferris 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 Ferris

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

Ferris Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% 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 Ferris since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	24

Related Majors

• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Producers and Directors	2,030	$65,910
Community Health Workers	1,860	$44,380
Editors	1,670	$58,150

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.