Political Communication at Emerson College

What traits are you looking for in a political communication school? To help you decide if Emerson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's political communication program.

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 5,115 students attend the school each year. Of the 175 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in 2021, 25 of them were political communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Political Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Emerson Political Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Communication

Emerson Political Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the political communication progam at Emerson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The political communication major at Emerson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

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Political Communication Student Demographics at Emerson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the political communication majors at Emerson College.

Emerson Political Communication Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in political communication from Emerson. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in political communication at Emerson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Emerson also has a doctoral program available in political communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• Sports Communication

Careers That Political Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in political communication 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 Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 McDonald & Gill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.