Communication & Journalism at Florida Southern College

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at Florida Southern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and has a total student population of 3,413. Of the 757 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Southern College in 2021, 50 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.

Florida Southern Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Florida Southern Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Florida Southern performed in these rankings.

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 Florida Southern 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	200
	426
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	494
Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	605
Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools	625

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Florida Southern in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	37
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	7
Communication & Media Studies	6

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Producers and Directors	6,630	$70,630
Photographers	4,480	$39,990
Editors	4,190	$58,200

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.