Communication & Journalism at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 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.

RIC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

RIC Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at RIC 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 RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 RIC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Rhode Island College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	34
Public Relations & Advertising	22
Journalism	1

Related Majors

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

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Managers	830	$114,660
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	370	$153,480
Producers and Directors	300	$65,660
Technical Writers	290	$67,200

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.