Communication & Journalism at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received their master's degree in communication and journalism.

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.

Hunter Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Hunter Communication & Journalism Rankings

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 17 communication and journalism students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Hunter, about 41% were men and 59% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communication and journalism each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communication and journalism master's degree from Hunter, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communication and journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication and journalism concentations are available at Hunter College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hunter College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	17

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• 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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.