Communication & Media Studies at Saint Joseph’s University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Saint Joseph's University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

St. Joe's is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,779 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph's University in 2021, 78 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

St. Joe’s Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

St. Joe’s Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how St. Joe's performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at St. Joe's is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	164
	305
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	510

How Much Do Communications Graduates from St. Joe's Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Joe's is $33,094. This is 2% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at St. Joe's

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Saint Joseph’s University.

St. Joe’s Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from St. Joe's. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at St. Joe's 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 Saint Joseph's University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	60
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

St. Joe's also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Saint Joseph's University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Northjersey78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.