General Organizational Communication

Types of Degrees General Organizational Communication Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many general organizational communication graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Master’s Degree	334
Graduate Certificate	26
Doctor’s Degree	2

Who Is Getting a Master’s Degree in General Organizational Communication?

This major is dominated by women with about 71% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of general organizational communication majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	183
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in General Organizational Communication. About 2.7% of those with this major are international students.

Online General Organizational Communication Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	1	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	6	1
Bachelor’s Degree	16	5
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	24	9
Post-Master’s	1	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	1	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to General Organizational Communication

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to general organizational communication.

Major	Number of Grads
Public Relations	4,566
Advertising	4,315
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	4,239
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	2,031
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	1,470
Sports Communication	1,161
Health Communication	416
International & Intercultural Communication	245
Political Communication	221
Technical & Scientific Communication	167

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
• Image Credit: By Bill Koplitz under License

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