Communication & Journalism at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

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

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from UMBC.

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.

UMBC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communication & Journalism (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UMBC Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

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 UMBC 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 Basic Certificate Schools	135
Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	472
Best Communication & Journalism Schools	496

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at UMBC awarded 76 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication and journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UMBC 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 Maryland - Baltimore County. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	76

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

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
• Image Credit: By Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.