Communication & Journalism at Southern Connecticut State University

What traits are you looking for in a communication and journalism school? To help you decide if Southern Connecticut State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication and journalism program.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 2021, 90 of them were communication and journalism majors.

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.

SCSU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

SCSU Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at SCSU 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
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	691

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 communication and journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from SCSU. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% 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 SCSU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at SCSU 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	59
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SCSU 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 Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	69
Journalism	21

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Library Science
• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Producers and Directors	1,800	$84,900
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,040	$122,760
Editors	950	$71,260

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.