Communication & Journalism at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 1,933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 75 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.

UCA Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UCA Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how UCA performed in these rankings.

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 UCA 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 Value Communication & Journalism Schools	167
Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	596

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from UCA. About 37% were men and 63% 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 UCA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at UCA 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 Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	51
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCA 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 Central Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	31
Communication & Media Studies	22
Journalism	22

Related Majors

• Library Science
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 Central Arkansas.

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
• Image Credit: By Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.