Communication & Journalism at York College of Pennsylvania

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

YCP is located in York, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,039 students attend the school each year. Of the 751 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from York College of Pennsylvania in 2021, 10 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.

YCP Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

YCP Communication & Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication and journalism programs across the country. The following shows how YCP 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 YCP 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	241
	538
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	1,206

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at YCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at York College of Pennsylvania.

YCP Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from YCP. About 40% were men and 60% 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 YCP since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism at YCP 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 York College of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

YCP 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 York College of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	8
Public Relations & Advertising	2

Related Majors

• History
• Psychology
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• 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 PA, the home state for York College of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Producers and Directors	2,700	$76,050
Community Health Workers	2,000	$41,550

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.