Communication & Journalism at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 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.

Pacific Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Pacific Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Pacific 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 Pacific

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

Pacific Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 Pacific since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Pacific 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 Pacific University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at Pacific University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Journalism	4
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	2

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• 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 OR, the home state for Pacific 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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.