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Communications
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Communications. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Communications, and those who get either a masters
in Communications, a Ph.D. in Communications.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Communications some students with a bachelors degree in Communications will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Communications.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Communications Salaries.
Histogram of Communications Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Communications who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Communications Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Communications while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Communications.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$38,978 188 16.33 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$49,825 148 12.86 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$39,843 94 8.17 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$47,340 82 7.12 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$35,490 74 6.43 OTHER management related occupations
$36,114 61 5.30 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$24,495 49 4.26 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$42,548 44 3.82 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$31,957 37 3.21 OTHER service occupations, except health
$26,748 35 3.04 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$34,403 26 2.26 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$32,599 25 2.17 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$26,989 22 1.91 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$39,076 21 1.82 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$46,498 19 1.65 Computer system analysts
$31,962 17 1.48 Social Workers
$25,612 14 1.22 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$57,350 14 1.22 Transportation/material moving occupations
$33,940 13 1.13 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$31,357 12 1.04 Teachers: Elementary
$39,008 11 .96 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$43,276 10 .87 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$41,733 8 .70 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$46,053 8 .70 Information systems scientists or analysts
$26,293 8 .70 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$31,630 8 .70 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$36,969 8 .70 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$24,703 7 .61 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$44,163 6 .52 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$25,475 6 .52 Mechanics and repairers
$20,402 6 .52 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$52,648 5 .43 Computer engineer - software
$33,346 5 .43 OTHER health occupations
$23,560 5 .43 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$21,900 5 .43 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary
$25,250 4 .35 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$26,344 4 .35 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
$30,575 4 .35 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$60,500 3 .26 Engineers: Sales
$28,051 3 .26 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$19,533 3 .26 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$41,900 2 .17 Unknown
$32,008 2 .17 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$48,058 2 .17 Other engineers
$37,000 2 .17 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$33,600 2 .17 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$32,326 2 .17 OTHER social scientist
$60,000 1 .09 Engineers: Mechanical
$65,000 1 .09 Professors: English
$50,000 1 .09 Economists
$13,000 1 .09 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
$42,000 1 .09 Professors: Physical Education
$42,000 1 .09 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music
$41,600 1 .09 Chemists, except biochemists
$41,400 1 .09 Surveying and mapping
$36,000 1 .09 Engineers: Petroleum
$31,000 1 .09 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$27,240 1 .09 Lawyers, Judges
$26,000 1 .09 Professors: OTHER social sciences
$25,376 1 .09 Engineers: Industrial
$20,500 1 .09 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$18,720 1 .09 Engineers: Nuclear
$14,560 1 .09 Professors: Sociology
$14,000 1 .09 OTHER postsecondary
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Communications.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$49,241 42 19.27 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$60,487 34 15.60 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$39,422 14 6.42 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$60,712 10 4.59 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$62,856 9 4.13 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$45,569 8 3.67 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$38,307 8 3.67 OTHER postsecondary
$37,437 8 3.67 Teachers: Elementary
$47,121 7 3.21 OTHER management related occupations
$44,593 6 2.75 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$43,168 5 2.29 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$29,820 5 2.29 Social Workers
$47,400 4 1.83 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$28,500 4 1.83 Professors: OTHER social sciences
$71,148 4 1.83 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$22,585 4 1.83 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$32,275 3 1.38 Unknown
$86,267 3 1.38 Information systems scientists or analysts
$40,333 3 1.38 Professors: English
$57,900 2 .92 OTHER service occupations, except health
$50,940 2 .92 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$93,000 2 .92 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$52,500 2 .92 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$14,450 2 .92 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$41,900 2 .92 Computer system analysts
$24,780 2 .92 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$31,250 2 .92 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary
$25,350 2 .92 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music
$42,500 2 .92 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$58,741 1 .46 Computer engineer - software
$20,000 1 .46 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$22,200 1 .46 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$83,200 1 .46 OTHER social scientist
$28,464 1 .46 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$29,000 1 .46 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$58,800 1 .46 Engineers: Mechanical
$51,516 1 .46 Professors: Education
$30,000 1 .46 Lawyers, Judges
$30,000 1 .46 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$30,000 1 .46 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$50,000 1 .46 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$49,924 1 .46 Teachers: Secondary - social sciences
$47,840 1 .46 Transportation/material moving occupations
$34,000 1 .46 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
$36,986 1 .46 Professors: Foreign Language
$45,996 1 .46 Computer engineer - hardware
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Communications.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$41,780 16 29.09 OTHER postsecondary
$79,625 8 14.55 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$43,291 7 12.73 Professors: OTHER social sciences
$49,500 4 7.27 OTHER management related occupations
$31,333 3 5.45 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$67,500 2 3.64 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$36,940 2 3.64 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$42,000 1 1.82 Computer system analysts
$15,600 1 1.82 Teachers: Elementary
$51,600 1 1.82 OTHER social scientist
$50,856 1 1.82 OTHER health occupations
$42,952 1 1.82 Social Workers
$39,000 1 1.82 Professors: Psychology
$40,000 1 1.82 OTHER service occupations, except health
$36,000 1 1.82 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$33,750 1 1.82 Professors: Art, Drama, and Music
$30,000 1 1.82 Professors: Physics
$24,000 1 1.82 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$23,520 1 1.82 Professors: Political Science
$23,400 1 1.82 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Communications
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$43,484 36 15.45 Communications, general
$53,864 27 11.59 OTHER communications
$41,510 24 10.30 Business administration and management
$40,348 13 5.58 Education: OTHER education
$61,800 10 4.29 Business marketing/marketing management
$35,974 9 3.86 Psychology: Counseling
$45,425 9 3.86 OTHER business management/administrative services
$24,839 9 3.86 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$38,037 9 3.86 Dramatic arts
$43,355 8 3.43 Social Work
$48,477 8 3.43 Education: Counselor education/guidance services
$34,453 8 3.43 Education: Secondary teacher education
$33,676 8 3.43 Journalism
$39,257 7 3.00 Education: Elementary teacher education
$40,058 6 2.58 Education: Administration
$36,425 4 1.72 Audiology and speech pathology
$38,000 4 1.72 Public administration
$70,400 3 1.29 English Language and Literature/Letters
$36,700 3 1.29 Library Science
$41,333 3 1.29 Education: Special education
$26,567 3 1.29 OTHER visual and performing arts
$32,108 2 .86 Fine arts, all fields
$37,200 2 .86 Health services administration
$30,292 2 .86 Financial management
$44,800 2 .86 Computer science
$46,000 2 .86 Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
$98,000 1 .43 Operations research
$100,000 1 .43 Business, general
$54,600 1 .43 Engineering: Computer/systems
$78,000 1 .43 OTHER social sciences
$12,000 1 .43 Ecology
$48,000 1 .43 Psychology: Industrial/Organizational
$47,000 1 .43 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$47,000 1 .43 Data processing technology
$39,000 1 .43 Psychology: Educational
$39,000 1 .43 Education: Educational psychology
$31,000 1 .43 Education: Social science teacher education
$31,000 1 .43 Architecture/Environmental Design
$21,588 1 .43 Liberal Arts/General Studies
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Communications
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$51,890 10 27.03 OTHER communications
$42,896 10 27.03 Communications, general
$39,433 3 8.11 Education: Administration
$81,667 3 8.11 Audiology and speech pathology
$87,600 2 5.41 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$40,000 2 5.41 English Language and Literature/Letters
$47,900 1 2.70 Psychology: Counseling
$45,000 1 2.70 Education: OTHER education
$52,000 1 2.70 Business marketing/marketing management
$60,000 1 2.70 Engineering: Electrical and electronic technologies
$68,000 1 2.70 Political science and government
$40,000 1 2.70 Dramatic arts
$51,600 1 2.70 Psychology: Clinical
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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Communications
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$58,451 22 78.57 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$45,000 2 7.14 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$26,000 1 3.57 Dramatic arts
$42,000 1 3.57 Education: Educational psychology
$42,000 1 3.57 Psychology: Educational
$48,000 1 3.57 Communications, general
$52,000 1 3.57 Education: Physical education/coaching
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com