Top 10 Online Bachelor’s in Communication Degree Programs

Whether ver­bal, non­ver­bal, visu­al, or writ­ten, com­mu­ni­ca­tion is vital to impart and exchange infor­ma­tion. A recent Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Col­leges and Employ­ers (NACE) sur­vey found that employ­ers rank com­mu­ni­ca­tion as the #3 most impor­tant job skill. Improv­ing Web tech­nol­o­gy has made it pos­si­ble to earn your com­mu­ni­ca­tions degree ful­ly online for flex­i­bil­i­ty. There­fore, we con­duct­ed in-depth research to iden­ti­fy the top 10 online bach­e­lor’s in com­mu­ni­ca­tion degree pro­grams in America.

Using the NCES Col­lege Nav­i­ga­tor, we locat­ed over 100 under­grad­u­ate schools offer­ing online com­mu­ni­ca­tion course­work. We nar­rowed the list by dou­ble-check­ing for region­al accred­i­ta­tion. The U.S. News and World Report rank­ings were con­sult­ed for deter­min­ing which online schools had the best aca­d­e­m­ic rep­u­ta­tion. Extra brown­ie points were giv­en to uni­ver­si­ties with mul­ti­ple rank­ings and/or ACEJMC accred­i­ta­tion. Aver­age online tuition was col­lect­ed from each com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­gram’s web­site. Oth­er fac­tors were finan­cial aid, cred­it trans­fer, stu­dent-fac­ul­ty ratio, admis­sion selec­tiv­i­ty, applied learn­ing, stu­dent sup­port, and cur­ricu­lum specialization.

1. University of Louisville

Estab­lished in 1798 as the Unit­ed States’ first city-owned col­lege, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisville is a pre­mier pub­lic, co-edu­ca­tion­al RU/VH research insti­tu­tion with a $1.2 bil­lion endow­ment. From its main 345-acre urban cam­pus in Ken­tuck­y’s largest city west of the Alleghe­ny Moun­tains, UofL edu­cates over 22,300 stu­dents on-site and online. The Online Learn­ing Divi­sion is SACS-accred­it­ed to pro­vide edu­ca­tion in 48 states. Accord­ing to the U.S. News and World Report, Louisville is Amer­i­ca’s 168th Best Uni­ver­si­ty, 91st Top Pub­lic School, and 134th Best Col­lege for Vet­er­ans. Wash­ing­ton Month­ly placed the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisville as the 119th Best Uni­ver­si­ty for Civic Engage­ment. Forbes mag­a­zine chose the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisville as the South’s 114th Top Edu­ca­tor too.

Among Louisville’s five online bach­e­lor’s degrees is a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The Col­lege of Arts & Sci­ences grants this 36-cred­it major to famil­iar­ize under­grad­u­ates with the the­o­ries and meth­ods of rhetoric. It’s ide­al for stu­dents seek­ing employ­ment in dig­i­tal or print media, pub­lic rela­tions, mar­ket­ing, and human resources. Award-win­ning fac­ul­ty con­duct medi­um-sized class­es with a 17:1 ratio for per­son­al con­nec­tions. Gen­er­al edu­ca­tion can be trans­ferred via the Ken­tucky Com­mu­ni­ty and Tech­ni­cal Col­lege Sys­tem (KCTCS) to grad­u­ate in two years. Online stu­dents access cours­es 24/7 through the user-friend­ly Black­board sys­tem. There’s also a Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion online with a greater lib­er­al arts focus.

Online Tuition: $497 per cred­it hour ($250 for active-duty military)

Learn more about the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisville’s Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

2. DePaul University

Endowed for $447 mil­lion, DePaul Uni­ver­si­ty is a pri­vate, non­prof­it Catholic insti­tu­tion fol­low­ing in the Vin­cen­tian’s foot­steps since 1898 to edu­cate more than 23,500 stu­dents. As Illi­nois’ largest pri­vate school, DePaul stands on a 36-acre urban cam­pus on the North Side of Chica­go in Lin­coln Park with three satel­lites and an online exten­sion. One-third of enrollees in DePaul’s 10 aca­d­e­m­ic col­leges are first-gen­er­a­tion stu­dents. The U.S. News and World Report ranked DePaul as the 123rd Best Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty, 101st Top School for Vet­er­ans, and 21st Most Inno­v­a­tive Col­lege. The Prince­ton Review rec­og­nized DePaul Uni­ver­si­ty among the “Hap­pi­est Stu­dents.” The DePau­lia also won 17 Illi­nois Col­lege Press Asso­ci­a­tion Awards.

With a reten­tion rate of 86 per­cent, DePaul uses state-of-the-art dig­i­tal learn­ing tools to con­fer six online bach­e­lor’s degrees. The Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion offers its B.A. in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Media ful­ly online for trans­fer stu­dents. This two-year degree com­ple­tion pro­gram helps juniors and seniors devel­op the fun­da­men­tal speak­ing and writ­ing skills for pro­fes­sion­al suc­cess. The 66-cred­it cur­ricu­lum includes cours­es in pub­lic rela­tions, rhetoric, per­sua­sion, sto­ry­telling, jour­nal­ism, and mass com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Stu­dents could pur­sue the unique Lati­no Media & Com­mu­ni­ca­tion con­cen­tra­tion. The senior year includes skill appli­ca­tion with expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing and a cap­stone project. Online admis­sion will require trans­ferrable cred­its with a min­i­mum 2.0 cumu­la­tive GPA.

Online Tuition: $600 per cred­it hour

Learn more about DePaul Uni­ver­si­ty’s Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

3. Arizona State University

Clas­si­fied as a pub­lic, doc­tor­al-grant­i­ng met­ro­pol­i­tan RU/VH research insti­tu­tion, Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty is the largest Pac-12 Con­fer­ence mem­ber with enroll­ment sur­pass­ing 82,000. Along with an online divi­sion, Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty runs a main 631-acre urban cam­pus in sun­ny Tempe as well as branch­es in Phoenix, Mesa, Lake Hava­su, Scotts­dale, and Williams Air Force Base. Accord­ing to the U.S. News and World Report, Ari­zona State is the 129th Best Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty, 107th Best School for Vet­er­ans, 62nd Top Pub­lic Col­lege, and Most Inno­v­a­tive School. In par­tic­u­lar, Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty offers the coun­try’s 11th Best Online Bach­e­lor’s Degrees. Mon­ey mag­a­zine hon­ored Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty as the 154th Top Val­ue pro­duc­ing Amer­i­ca’s #5 most qual­i­fied graduates.

The Wal­ter Cronkite School of Jour­nal­ism and Mass Com­mu­ni­ca­tion at ASU has placed in the top 10 nation­al­ly for Hearst Jour­nal­ism Awards. Here online stu­dents can pur­sue the B.S. in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion from any­where. The 120-cred­it cur­ricu­lum con­tains a 45-cred­it major to build con­cep­tu­al knowl­edge for man­ag­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tion issues in mul­ti­cul­tur­al work­places. ASU stu­dents unlock count­less career paths where effec­tive speak­ing is cen­tral. Required cours­es include Eng­lish com­po­si­tion, crit­i­cal inquiry, per­sua­sion, con­flict nego­ti­a­tion, gen­der stud­ies, and lin­guis­tics. Learn­ing expe­ri­ences begin with the inter­ac­tive Online Stu­dent Ori­en­ta­tion. Becom­ing a Sun Dev­il con­nects stu­dents with pres­ti­gious fac­ul­ty, includ­ing sev­er­al Pulitzer Prize win­ners. Online learn­ers could also earn the B.A. in Busi­ness — Com­mu­ni­ca­tion degree.

Online Tuition: $500 per credit

Learn more about Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty’s Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

4. CUNY School of Professional Studies

Found­ed by the City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York in 2003, the CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies is a pub­lic, co-edu­ca­tion­al high­er learn­ing insti­tu­tion serv­ing more than 2,000 for-cred­it stu­dents with flex­i­ble adult edu­ca­tion. Reg­is­tered with the NYSED and accred­it­ed by the SACS, the col­lege is locat­ed on West 31st Street in Mid­town Man­hat­tan. Evening, week­end, and online cours­es are the sta­ple for the 20 CUNY SPS pro­grams. For 2016, the U.S. News and World Report rec­og­nized CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies for award­ing Amer­i­ca’s 11th Best Online Bach­e­lor’s Degrees. Col­lege Choice select­ed CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies as the sev­enth Top Online School nation­al­ly. Wash­ing­ton Month­ly rec­og­nized CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies as the North­east­’s 34th Best Bang for the Buck.

Under­grad­u­ates who have earned 24+ accred­it­ed cred­its could apply to the Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Media pro­gram at CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies. This online, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary major delves into the social, cul­tur­al, and orga­ni­za­tion­al aspects influ­enc­ing how peo­ple express them­selves. Spe­cial empha­sis is placed on new and tra­di­tion­al media to devel­op strate­gies for respond­ing to audi­ence dif­fer­ences. Requir­ing 120 total cred­its, the B.A. includes diverse cours­es from urban­iza­tion and glob­al cul­ture to web design and orga­ni­za­tion­al change. Online stu­dents could select a minor in Cul­tur­al Soci­ol­o­gy or Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems. There’s a trans­fer agree­ment for the A.A. in Lib­er­al Arts and Sci­ences pro­gram at Guttman Com­mu­ni­ty College.

Online Tuition: $275 per cred­it or $3,165 each full-time semester

Learn more about CUNY School of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

5. University of Central Florida

Enrolling over 54,500 under­grad­u­ates, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cen­tral Flori­da is a pub­lic, state research insti­tu­tion hold­ing space-grant sta­tus and a $155 mil­lion endow­ment. Near the Kennedy Space Cen­ter, UCF is locat­ed on a spa­cious 1,415-acre sub­ur­ban cam­pus in Orlan­do with 12 satel­lite loca­tions across the “Sun­shine State.” Since its birth in 1963, the SACS-accred­it­ed uni­ver­si­ty has grown to con­fer 200+ majors. The U.S. News and World Report named Cen­tral Flori­da the 168th Best Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty, 91st Top Pub­lic School, and 13th Most Inno­v­a­tive Col­lege. Kiplinger’s Per­son­al Finance crowned the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cen­tral Flori­da as the 42nd Best Pub­lic Val­ue. Accord­ing to the ARWU, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cen­tral Flori­da also lands in the world’s Top 300 Universities.

Flori­da’s largest uni­ver­si­ty cur­rent­ly pro­vides 16 online bach­e­lor’s degrees, includ­ing a Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Con­flict. The Nichol­son School of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion designed this 120-cred­it pro­gram to equip stu­dents with career-ready med­i­ta­tion and arbi­tra­tion skills. Online learn­ers exam­ine inter­per­son­al and inter­cul­tur­al con­flicts to sharp­en their abil­i­ty for fos­ter­ing agree­ment. The open-access pro­gram includes cours­es in com­put­er sci­ence, speech, pub­lic rela­tions, con­flict res­o­lu­tion, orga­ni­za­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and elec­tron­ic media. B.A. majors can add six expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing cred­its with co-ops and intern­ships. UCF cours­es cur­rent­ly aren’t autho­rized for Michi­gan, Min­neso­ta, or Ore­gon. Anoth­er online option is the Bach­e­lor of Arts in Eng­lish — Tech­ni­cal Communication.

Online Tuition: $179 (in-state) or $383 (out-of-state) per credit

Learn more about the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cen­tral Flori­da’s Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

6. University of North Dakota

Six years before the Dako­ta Ter­ri­to­ry joined the Union in 1889, the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta was estab­lished as the flag­ship pub­lic, state space-grant research insti­tu­tion. With­in the heart of the Red Riv­er Val­ley Research Cor­ri­dor, the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta occu­pies a 550-acre urban cam­pus in Grand Forks, the state’s third largest city. Across its 10 aca­d­e­m­ic divi­sions, the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta edu­cates around 11,500 under­grad­u­ates and 2,800 post-grad­u­ates. The U.S. News and World Report ranked North Dako­ta as the 180th Best Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty, 100th Top Pub­lic School, and 143rd Best Schools for Vet­er­ans. Best Val­ue Schools rec­og­nized the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta for the Mid­west­’s 10th Best Return on Invest­ment (ROI). Wash­ing­ton Month­ly laud­ed the NCA-accred­it­ed col­lege among the “Top 50 Schools for Adult Learn­ers” too.

The Extend­ed Learn­ing Office at the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta offers 13 online bach­e­lor’s degrees, such as the Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Start­ing every Fall, Spring, and Sum­mer, this 125-cred­it online pro­gram inte­grates knowl­edge on how infor­ma­tion is processed by peo­ple and tech­nolo­gies. Root­ed in lib­er­al arts, the pro­gram sat­is­fies inter­ests in pub­lic rela­tions, adver­tis­ing, dig­i­tal media, print jour­nal­ism, and orga­ni­za­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion. UND man­dates hold­ing at least 36 cred­its before declar­ing the B.A. major. Online stu­dents ben­e­fit from one-on-one inter­ac­tion with fac­ul­ty who’ve pub­lished over 12 books. Class­room lec­tures, assign­ments, and exams are com­plet­ed online for zero cam­pus trips, but practicum is required.

Online Tuition: $339 per cred­it hour

Learn more about the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Dako­ta’s Online Bach­e­lor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Degrees here.

7. California Baptist University

Inspir­ing more than 8,500 stu­dents to “Live Your Pur­pose,” Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty is a pri­vate, non­prof­it Chris­t­ian lib­er­al arts insti­tu­tion affil­i­at­ed with the South­ern Bap­tist Con­ven­tion. With a $41 mil­lion endow­ment, the WASC-accred­it­ed uni­ver­si­ty con­fers faith-based bach­e­lor’s, mas­ter’s, and doc­tor­al degrees across 11 schools. Span­ning 160 sub­ur­ban acres, Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty is nes­tled with­in the Inland Empire in River­side just 60 miles east of Los Ange­les. The U.S. News and World Report acclaimed Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty as the West­’s 39th Best Region­al Col­lege and 31st Top School for Mil­i­tary. At 18:1, Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist is ranked 24th statewide by the Col­lege Data­base for stu­dent-teacher ratio. The BestSchools.org also named Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty as the #5 Top Online Chris­t­ian Col­lege Nationally.

Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty Online offers year-round, trans­fer-friend­ly dis­tance edu­ca­tion for non-tra­di­tion­al stu­dents to bal­ance school with fam­i­ly and work. Using Black­board and Webex, the Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies is deliv­ered 100 per­cent online. Stu­dents fos­ter the cre­ative con­fi­dence to cre­ate, devel­op, and deliv­er pre­sen­ta­tions. The 48-unit major inte­grates ver­bal and non­ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion prin­ci­ples to ensure stu­dents can opti­mal­ly com­mu­ni­cate. Informed by Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty’s Chris­t­ian her­itage, the cur­ricu­lum melds cours­es in Eng­lish, speech, mass media, rhetoric, and dig­i­tal engage­ment. Accel­er­at­ed online ses­sions start every eight weeks for trans­fers to grad­u­ate in 16 months. Online stu­dents can access edu­ca­tion­al ser­vices in River­side, Temec­u­la, Brea, and Ran­cho Cuca­mon­ga or via Smartthinking.

Online Tuition: $547 per unit

Learn more about Cal­i­for­nia Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty’s Online Bach­e­lor Degrees in Com­mu­ni­ca­tions here.

8. Arkansas State University

For­mer­ly called First Dis­trict Agri­cul­tur­al School until 1925, Arkansas State Uni­ver­si­ty is the Nat­ur­al State’s sec­ond largest pub­lic, four-year research insti­tu­tion striv­ing to “Edu­cate, Enhance, and Enrich” the lives of over 21,900 stu­dents. With branch­es in Paragould, Beebe, Blytheville, and online, A‑State is locat­ed on a 1,376-acre urban cam­pus atop Crow­ley’s Ridge in Jones­boro on the Arkansas Delta. Boast­ing over 75,000 alum­ni, Arkansas State was cho­sen among Mil­i­tary Times’ best for vets for six years. The U.S. News and World Report not­ed A‑State as the South’s 53rd Best Col­lege and 21st Top Pub­lic School. In 2016, Arkansas State Uni­ver­si­ty also claimed the #10 spot in the “Best Col­leges for Par­ents with Children.”

Dis­tance learn­ing at A‑State match­es non-tra­di­tion­al stu­dents with high­ly qual­i­fied fac­ul­ty to com­plete one of nine online bach­e­lor’s degrees. The Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies is a ver­sa­tile option for under­grad­u­ates to become effec­tive inter­per­son­al com­mu­ni­ca­tors in broad careers. The 120-cred­it plan expands stu­dents’ under­stand­ing of how peo­ple share and inter­pret lan­guage in var­i­ous audi­ences. Arkansas State is autho­rized in 49 states, exclud­ing Ken­tucky. Online cours­es are acces­si­ble asyn­chro­nous­ly to study argu­men­ta­tion, oral speech, pub­lic speak­ing, visu­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion, cri­sis com­mu­ni­ca­tion, per­sua­sion, and more. Tak­ing at least three for­eign lan­guage cours­es is required for inter­me­di­ate pro­fi­cien­cy. The Asso­ci­a­tion for Edu­ca­tion in Jour­nal­ism and Mass COm­mu­ni­ca­tion (ACEJMC) accred­i­ta­tion ensures online stu­dents earn an afford­able degree that’s marketable.

Online Tuition: $233 per cred­it or $699 per course

Learn more about Arkansas State Uni­ver­si­ty’s Online Bach­e­lor Degrees in Com­mu­ni­ca­tions here.

9. Ottawa University

Affil­i­at­ed with the Amer­i­can Bap­tist Church­es USA, Ottawa Uni­ver­si­ty is a pri­vate, non­prof­it lib­er­al arts insti­tu­tion with HLC-NCA accred­i­ta­tion to award degrees in 25+ dis­ci­plines. In addi­tion to its res­i­den­tial 64-acre cam­pus in rur­al Franklin Coun­ty along the Marais des Cygnes Riv­er, OU has adult cam­pus­es in Kansas, Ari­zona, Wis­con­sin, and Indi­ana. Across the sys­tem, Ottawa Uni­ver­si­ty has grown to serve over 7,000 stu­dents since 1865. OU was ranked the 62nd Best Region­al Col­lege and 41st Top School for Vet­er­ans in the Mid­west by the U.S. News and World Report. Ottawa Uni­ver­si­ty has Amer­i­ca’s 163rd Best Online Busi­ness Degrees. Cho­sen as a “Col­lege of Dis­tinc­tion,” Ottawa also earned the Luther Wes­ley Smith Edu­ca­tion Award.

The School of Arts and Sci­ences pro­motes lib­er­at­ed inquiry with nine online, out­comes-based bach­e­lor’s pro­grams. In par­tic­u­lar, Ottawa’s Bach­e­lor of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion trains stu­dents to tai­lor their com­mu­nica­tive tech­niques to suit spe­cif­ic audi­ences. Majors become more aware of cul­tur­al, social, polit­i­cal, and gen­er­a­tional dif­fer­ences to speak to any­one with poise. It’s pos­si­ble to declare a Busi­ness Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Con­cen­tra­tion to focus on tar­get­ing poten­tial clients for mod­ern orga­ni­za­tions. Suit­able minors also include Eng­lish, Human Resources, Mar­ket­ing, and Leadership/Management. Eight-week, online cours­es have a stu­dent-fac­ul­ty ratio of 4:1 for work­ing with per­son­al suc­cess coach­es. Stu­dents could also pur­sue the online Bach­e­lor of Arts in Psy­chol­o­gy: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Concentration.

Online Tuition: $495 per hour ($250 for active-duty military)

Learn more about Ottawa Uni­ver­si­ty’s Online Bach­e­lor Degrees in Com­mu­ni­ca­tions here.

10. Stevenson University

The Sis­ters of Notre Dame de Namur cre­at­ed Steven­son Uni­ver­si­ty in 1947 as Vil­la Julie Col­lege to edu­cate med­ical sec­re­taries. Today, the MSCHE-accred­it­ed uni­ver­si­ty is a pri­vate, co-edu­ca­tion­al teach­ing insti­tu­tion endowed for $77 mil­lion to edu­cate over 4,100 stu­dents. Steven­son’s main 104-acre urban cam­pus is locat­ed with­in Owings Mills, Mary­land, with­in Bal­ti­more Coun­ty’s Green­spring Val­ley. Not­ed for its “Career Archi­tec­ture” pro­gram, Steven­son has a 93 per­cent job place­ment rate. The U.S. News and World Report ranked Steven­son as the South’s 79th Best Col­lege and 58th Top School for Vet­er­ans with the 100th Best Online Bach­e­lor’s nation­wide. Niche also gave Steven­son Uni­ver­si­ty a B for tech­nol­o­gy and A- for safety.

The Brown School of Busi­ness and Lead­er­ship awards an online Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Busi­ness Com­mu­ni­ca­tion for work­ing adults attend­ing Steven­son. Over eight-week ses­sions, stu­dents gain vital insights on the inner work­ings of orga­ni­za­tions to under­stand how busi­ness­es com­mu­ni­cate. Online learn­ers meet com­pe­ten­cies design­ing pre­sen­ta­tions in var­i­ous media, includ­ing pho­tog­ra­phy, Inter­net tech­nol­o­gy, and archi­tec­ture. The 120-cred­it cur­ricu­lum offers focused elec­tives from event plan­ning to nego­ti­a­tion for career spe­cial­iza­tion. Admis­sion requires at least 15 trans­ferrable cred­its with a 2.5 GPA or high­er. Stu­dents earn­ing an asso­ciate degree from Mary­land com­mu­ni­ty col­leges qual­i­fy for tuition dis­counts. Steven­son Uni­ver­si­ty offers a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Stud­ies — Com­mu­ni­ca­tion too.

Online Tuition: $450 per cred­it hour

Why Get an Online Bachelor’s in Communications?

Earn­ing a bach­e­lor’s degree in com­mu­ni­ca­tion can train you to effec­tive­ly express your­self for count­less fields. Per­haps that’s why approx­i­mate­ly six per­cent of col­lege stu­dents major in com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Grad­u­ates can excel as reporters, edi­tors, PR spe­cial­ists, tech­ni­cal writ­ers, mar­ket­ing man­agers, non­prof­it direc­tors, and more. The Bureau of Labor Sta­tis­tics reports that 27,400 new com­mu­ni­ca­tion jobs will open through 2024. On aver­age, grad­u­ates receive an above-aver­age medi­an salary of $53,530 each year. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion degrees can pro­vide life­time earn­ings up to $3.1 mil­lion for ROI beyond 20 per­cent!

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