Communication & Journalism at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and approximately 9,238 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.

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 Jacksonville State University since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication & 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 Jacksonville State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	45

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Social 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 AL, the home state for Jacksonville State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Community Health Workers	760	$42,830
Producers and Directors	730	$57,040
Technical Writers	700	$69,970

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.