Communication & Journalism at Oregon State University

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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 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.

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Oregon State 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 Oregon State

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

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 Oregon State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Oregon State 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	71
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Oregon State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	93
Communication & Media Studies	55
Public Relations & Advertising	4

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• History

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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,330	$96,140
Producers and Directors	1,240	$68,280
Editors	1,080	$55,610

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.