What Can I Do With a COMM Major?
positions held by communication studies graduates
In 1995, over 400 of our former majors were surveyed as part of a department-wide assessment. In the survey, we requested that people provide information about their employment following graduation. Here is what we found:
- Position Held Percent Holding Position
- Sales/Marketing/Advertising 23%
- Electronics, Airline, Insurance, Tourism, Securities, Mortgage, Hotel, Financial
- Manager/Supervisor 11%
- Environmental, Telecommunications, Retail Marketing, Sports, Education
- Teacher 9%
- College, Flight School, High School, Special Education
- Coordinator/Administrator/Director 8%
- Non-Profits, Education, Government, Hospital, Airlines, Community Service, Programs and Special Events
- Consultant/Trainer 4%
- Owner 4%
- Restaurant, Guide Service, Insurance
- Social Services 4%
- Human Resources/Personnel 3%
- Public Relations 2%
Examples of other jobs held were Minister/Priest, Realtor, Counselor, Lawyer, Publisher, Librarian, Computer Programmer, Diplomat (Foreign Service), Political Analyst, Illustrator, Probation Officer, and TV Producer.
