Communication & Journalism at Southern Oregon University

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

Southern Oregon University is located in Ashland, Oregon and has a total student population of 5,140.

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.

Southern Oregon University Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Southern Oregon University Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Southern Oregon 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 Southern Oregon University

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

Southern Oregon University Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 Southern Oregon University since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at Southern Oregon University 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 Southern Oregon University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at Southern Oregon University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Oregon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	43

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• 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 OR, the home state for Southern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,330	$96,140
Producers and Directors	1,240	$68,280
Editors	1,080	$55,610

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 Finetooth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.