Organizational Communication

Types of Degrees Organizational Communication Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many general organizational communication graduations there were in 2020-2021 for each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	1,492
Master’s Degree	353
Basic Certificate	118
Undergraduate Certificate	20
Graduate Certificate	19
Associate Degree	9
Doctor’s Degree	2

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in 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	25
Black or African American	199
Hispanic or Latino	198
White	886
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	156

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in General Organizational Communication, too. About 1.9% of those with this major are international students.

Online Organizational Communication Programs

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 schools offered some type of general organizational communication program. 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)	2	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	4	1
Bachelor’s Degree	12	5
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	23	10
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 Organizational Communication

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

Major	Number of Grads
Public Relations	5,216
Advertising	4,918
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	4,203
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	1,553
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	1,397
Sports Communication	729
Health Communication	410
International & Intercultural Communication	256
Technical & Scientific Communication	217
Political Communication	187

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.