Communication & Journalism at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 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.

USF Tampa Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism
• Doctorate Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

USF Tampa does offer online education options in communication and journalism for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Communication & Journalism Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in communication and journalism, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 44 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Journalism from USF Tampa in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

In the communication and journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	21
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 University of South Florida - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	27
Journalism	19
Public Relations & Advertising	5

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Library Science
• 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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Producers and Directors	6,630	$70,630
Photographers	4,480	$39,990
Editors	4,190	$58,200

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.