If you’ve been considering a bachelor’s degree in communication but are wondering how it can benefit you, we have a lot to tell you! Below we outline skills and career pathways closely connected to a communication degree and explain how you can earn yours while continuing to meet your professional and personal obligations.
Skills You’ll Develop While Earning a Communication Degree
One of the top reasons you may want to choose a communication bachelor’s degree is that it offers broadly applicable and highly transferrable skills: written and verbal communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and research. These are chief among the skills today’s employers value most, according to sources including the federal government and Forbes.
Soft skills, sometimes called durable skills, have become especially critical now that more people are working remotely, though they’re valuable to every professional regardless of their work environment. Yet these skills are also scarce among job candidates. Adding a communication degree and its corresponding expertise to your resume can give you a competitive advantage at hiring time.
Career Pathways for a Communication Degree Graduate
Communication degree graduates can go on to enjoy a variety of rewarding careers. Let’s take a look at communication-related professions that require at least a bachelor’s degree and their commensurate salaries. Though we’ve divided this into eight job categories, you’ll see that each of these pathways forks into multiple potential career paths:
1. Advertising, Promotions, or Marketing Manager
- Median annual pay: $133,380
- Faster-than-average job growth rate through 2031
- Related career paths:
- Social media manager
- Brand manager
- Media director
- Account executive
- Median annual pay: $62,290
- Faster-than-average job growth rate through 2031
- Related career paths:
- Human resources generalist
- Recruiter/talent acquisition specialist
- Median annual pay: $126,230
- Related career paths:
- Employee relations manager/labor relations director
- Payroll manager
- Recruiting manager/staffing manager
4. Editor
- Median annual pay: $63,350
- Related career paths:
- Executive editor
- Managing editor
- Copy editor
- Assistant editor
- Publication assistant
5. Public Relations Specialist
- Median annual pay: $62,800
- Faster-than-average job growth rate through 2031
- Related career paths:
- Communications specialist
- Spokesperson
- Publicist
6. Public Relations or Fundraising Manager
- Median annual pay: $119,860
- Faster-than-average job growth rate through 2031
- Related career paths:
- Press officer
- Public relations officer
- Nonprofit manager
7. News Analyst, Reporter, or Journalist
- Median annual pay: $48,370
- Related career paths:
- Broadcaster
- Sportscaster
- Columnist
- Correspondent
- Multimedia journalist
- News anchor
- Median annual pay: $69,510
- Related career paths:
- Copywriter
- Content writer
- Blogger
- Screenwriter
- Speechwriter
- Novelist
- Playwright
Why You Should Earn Your Communication Degree Online With UTPB
You’ve seen some of the benefits of earning a communication degree. Now let’s look at some of the benefits you’ll experience from the very first day of classes if you choose UT Permian Basin. Our 100% online Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree program equips you with an essential foundation of multidisciplinary courses, followed by core communication courses and the opportunity to pursue one of several specialty tracks that may align with your interests and career goals:
No matter which track you choose, you’ll be guided by the same distinguished faculty who teach on campus while you experience the advantages of our online format. Complete your studies from anywhere in the world, at your own pace, with the flexibility to give other important areas of your life the attention they need. No campus visits are required.
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