Communication & Journalism at Pomona College

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at Pomona College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. Of the 395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College in 2021, 18 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.

Pomona Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Pomona Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Pomona performed in these rankings.

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 Pomona 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	294
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	364
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	671
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	854

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from Pomona in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% 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 Pomona since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pomona 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

The following communication and journalism concentations are available at Pomona College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pomona College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	18

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.