Communication & Journalism at Shenandoah University

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

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and approximately 4,174 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from Shenandoah.

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.

Shenandoah Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Shenandoah Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at Shenandoah compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Shenandoah 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 Popular Communication & Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools	71
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	859
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools	1,087

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from Shenandoah. About 70% were men and 30% 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 Shenandoah since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Shenandoah University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Shenandoah 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

If you plan to be a communication and 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 Shenandoah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	10

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Public Relations Specialists	6,920	$78,410
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Technical Writers	2,840	$85,450
Producers and Directors	2,090	$69,750

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 Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.