Communication & Journalism at Mount St Mary’s University

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

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,560.

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.

The Mount Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

The Mount Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at The Mount 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 The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 The Mount since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at The Mount are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Mount St Mary's University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	23

Related Majors

• History
• English Language & Literature
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human 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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.