Communication & Journalism at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. Of the 484 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in 2021, 20 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.

McDaniel Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

McDaniel Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at McDaniel 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 McDaniel 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	339
Best Communication & Journalism Schools	352
	480
	495
Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools	661
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	711
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	847

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at McDaniel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at McDaniel College.

McDaniel Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from McDaniel in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% 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 McDaniel since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at McDaniel are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 McDaniel College 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	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McDaniel 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 McDaniel College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	19
Publishing	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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Technical Writers	2,000	$80,130
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.