by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in business and economic 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.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of business and economic 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 | 2 | — |
| International and Intercultural Communication | 2 | 183 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 2 | 8,694 |
| Political Communication | 2 | 211 |
| Radio and Television | 2 | 5,653 |
| Sports Communication | 2 | 1,202 |
| Advertising | 1 | 4,308 |
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism | 1 | 537 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, General | 1 | 801 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, Other | 1 | 12 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Journalism | 9,378 |
| Journalism, Other | 1,098 |
| Broadcast Journalism | 757 |
| Photojournalism | 91 |
| Science/Health/Environmental Journalism | 10 |
A specialization within Journalism, business and economic journalism shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.