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Communication & Journalism at Towson University

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917.

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.

Towson Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism
Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Towson

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Towson offers distance education options for communication & journalism at the following degree levels:

Towson Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Towson 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 Towson

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

Towson Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 Towson since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	97
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	180
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Towson Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

94% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of communication & journalism master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication & journalism master's degree from Towson, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communication & journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	320
Communication & Media Studies	152
Public Relations & Advertising	9

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Technical Writers	2,000	$80,130
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020

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
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