Communication & Journalism at Salisbury University

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

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and approximately 8,124 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.

Salisbury Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Salisbury Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Salisbury 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 Salisbury

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

Salisbury Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Salisbury since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Salisbury 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 Salisbury University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	90
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Salisbury University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	159

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• 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 MD, the home state for Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Technical Writers	2,000	$80,130
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.