Communication & Journalism at University of the Cumberlands

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

Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and approximately 19,110 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cumberlands Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Cumberlands

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Cumberlands does offer online courses in communication & journalism for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Cumberlands Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at Cumberlands 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 Cumberlands

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

Cumberlands Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 Cumberlands since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of the Cumberlands. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	9

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 KY, the home state for University of the Cumberlands.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Community Health Workers	1,220	$38,210
Editors	770	$44,050
Producers and Directors	770	$60,530

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 Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.