Communication & Journalism at Winston - Salem State University

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at Winston - Salem State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 5,169. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from WSSU.

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.

WSSU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

WSSU Communication & Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication and journalism progam at WSSU 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 WSSU 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 Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500
Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools	612
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	721
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	731

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at WSSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at Winston - Salem State University.

WSSU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 communication and journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from WSSU. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% 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 WSSU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WSSU 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 Winston - Salem State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	32

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Producers and Directors	2,330	$73,980
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Photographers	1,450	$33,630

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.