What career opportunities are with a communication degree?

What is communication?

Communication as an academic field relates to all that ways we communicate, so it embraces a knowledge. The information relates both to verbal and nonverbal messages.

Communication teachers and scholars have developed a definition of the field of communication to clarify it as a discipline for the public:

"The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media. The field promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication".

Did you know...

It is estimated that 75% of a person's day is spent communicating in some way. As a college student, 69% of your communication time is spent on speaking and listening. You spend 17% of your communication time on reading and 14% writing. To put it in another perspective: We listen a book a day, speak a book a week, read the equivalent of a book a month, and write the equivalent of a book a year.

Career Options:

There are many career paths that a person with a Communication Major can choose. Here are some job titles that former graduates with Communication Majors hold. Use this as an ideas list, remember that it represents some, but certainly not all of the careers you might consider. Some careers may take additional schooling.

Career Services Network also has publications on Communication Majors. Come to MOTT 208 for more information.

The above information has been collected from professional associations, and multiple print and online resources.

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