Communication & Journalism at Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and approximately 3,159 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.

Shepherd University Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Shepherd University Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Shepherd University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	24

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• History

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 WV, the home state for Shepherd University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Community Health Workers	740	$34,080
Communications Professors	330	$51,150
Public Relations Specialists	310	$62,310
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$38,260

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 Ecragg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.