Communication & Journalism at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year.

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.

The Colleges Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

The Colleges Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at The Colleges 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 The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 The Colleges since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	47

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 NY, the home state for Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.