Bachelor’s Degrees in Business/Corporate Communications

There are 53 schools in the United States where you can get your bachelor's degree in business communications. In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 51% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 4.0% of business communications graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Business Communications Majors

In 2019-2020, 876 earned their bachelor's degree in business communications. This earns it the #22 spot on the list of the most popular bachelor's degree programs in the nation.

The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in business communications at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	876
Basic Certificate	52
Graduate Certificate	52
Master’s Degree	43
Associate Degree	6

Earnings of Business Communications Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees

The median salary for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in business communications is $36,300. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $36,125 to a high of $38,075.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in business communications is $25,000. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $25,125 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $23,324.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $259.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their bachelor's degree in business communications. About 65.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	302
Women	574

The racial-ethnic distribution of business communications bachelor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	78
Black or African American	104
Hispanic or Latino	227
White	371
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

Most Popular Business Communications Programs for Bachelor’s Degrees

There are 53 colleges that offer a bachelor’s degree in business communications. Learn more about the most popular 20 below:

Business Communications Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Corporate Communications	876

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to business communications that offer bachelor’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	169,868
Accounting	52,477
Finance & Financial Management	48,043
Marketing	45,007
Business & Commerce	24,866

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Joi Ito under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.