Communication & Journalism at Fordham University

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

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 16,364 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 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.

Fordham U Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Fordham U Communication & Journalism Rankings

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Fordham U

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

Fordham U Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 122 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Journalism from Fordham U in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

In the communication and journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	47
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Fordham University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	96
Communication & Journalism (Other)	26

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Fordham University.

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 Chriscobar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.