Communication & Journalism at University of Arkansas at Monticello

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

UAM is located in Monticello, Arkansas and approximately 2,645 students attend the school each year. Of the 353 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas at Monticello in 2021, 3 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.

UAM Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UAM Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at UAM 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 UAM 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 Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,163

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at UAM

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

UAM Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communication and journalism from UAM in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at UAM 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 University of Arkansas at Monticello with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

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

UAM 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 University of Arkansas at Monticello. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	3

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Producers and Directors	470	$58,750
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	340	$114,450
Editors	330	$47,480

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.