Communication & Journalism at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

Suffolk Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Suffolk Communication & Journalism Rankings

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in communication and journalism from Suffolk. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations & Advertising	11

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,090	$131,460
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Producers and Directors	3,250	$70,480

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.