Communication & Journalism at Loyola University New Orleans

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

Loyola New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 4,497 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.

Loyola New Orleans Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Loyola New Orleans Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Loyola New Orleans 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 Loyola New Orleans

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Loyola University New Orleans.

Loyola New Orleans Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	40
Journalism	14
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	8

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• 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 LA, the home state for Loyola University New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Producers and Directors	1,300	$56,290
Media and Communication Workers	510	$36,760
Photographers	510	$32,710

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.