Communication & Journalism at Loyola Marymount University

If you plan to study communication and journalism, take a look at what Loyola Marymount University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 168 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from Loyola Marymount.

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.

Loyola Marymount Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Loyola Marymount Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at Loyola Marymount 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
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
	85
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at Loyola Marymount awarded 168 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication and journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	77
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Loyola Marymount 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Loyola Marymount University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	138
Journalism	29
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	1

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.