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Undergraduate Certificate in Communication & Journalism

Undergraduate Certificates in Communication & Journalism

1,663 Yearly Graduations
$20,920 Median Salary
$11,349 Median Debt
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 70 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.0% of communication & journalism graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Communication & Journalism Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 1,663 people earned their undergraduate certificate in communication & journalism. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in communication & journalism at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 82,134
Master’s Degree 12,991
Associate Degree 7,439
Basic Certificate 3,716
Undergraduate Certificate 1,663
Graduate Certificate 804
Doctor’s Degree 685

Earnings of Communication & Journalism Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in communication & journalism is $20,920. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $16,474 and the high is $35,715.

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Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in communication & journalism is $11,349. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $14,324 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $10,150.

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Student Diversity

More men than women pursue undergraduate certificates in communication & journalism. About 54.5% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 907
Women 756
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The racial-ethnic distribution of communication & journalism undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 13
Black or African American 747
Hispanic or Latino 298
White 465
International Students 34
Other Races/Ethnicities 106
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to communication & journalism that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts & Humanities 93,729
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 3,951
Theology & Religious Vocations 749
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 658
Social Sciences 247

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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