Communication & Journalism at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and approximately 9,238 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,491 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University in 2021, 45 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.

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	577
	591

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Jacksonville State University in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical communication and 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 7% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and 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 and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Jacksonville State University 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

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 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

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• 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 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.