Communication & Journalism at Oregon State University

If you plan to study communication and 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. Of the 6,299 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University in 2021, 148 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.

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	56
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools	81
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Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at Oregon State awarded 148 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women. The typical communication and 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 16% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and 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 and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	100
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Oregon State 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 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

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Psychology
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences

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 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.