Communication & Journalism at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 5,364 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.

UW Tacoma Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UW Tacoma Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at UW Tacoma 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 UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 UW Tacoma since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 University of Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	92

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• English Language & Literature

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Producers and Directors	2,400	$71,430
Community Health Workers	2,230	$42,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,170	$128,420

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.