Communication & Journalism at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 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.

SPU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

SPU Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at SPU 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 SPU

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

SPU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 SPU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at SPU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Seattle Pacific University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	26

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Theology & Religious Vocations

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Producers and Directors	2,400	$71,430
Community Health Workers	2,230	$42,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,170	$128,420

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.