by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in broadcast journalism, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of broadcast journalism, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Communication, General | 5 | — |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 4 | 8,694 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, General | 3 | 801 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, Other | 3 | 12 |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | 3 | 1,080 |
| Radio and Television | 3 | 5,653 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 3 | 32,944 |
| Sports Communication | 3 | 1,202 |
| Children’s and Adolescent Literature | 2 | 55 |
| Creative Writing | 2 | 7,423 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Journalism | 9,378 |
| Journalism, Other | 1,098 |
| Photojournalism | 91 |
| Science/Health/Environmental Journalism | 10 |
A specialization within Journalism, broadcast journalism connects to the wider programs in that field.
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