by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in communication management and strategic communications, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here 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 communication management and strategic communications, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Communication, General | 2 | — |
| Business/Corporate Communications, General | 1 | 801 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, Other | 1 | 12 |
| Grantsmanship | 1 | 13 |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 1 | 50,466 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 1 | 8,694 |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 1 | 2,454 |
| Organizational Leadership | 1 | 15,674 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 1 | 32,944 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advertising | 4,308 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 4,061 |
| Organizational Communication, General | 1,789 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other | 1,296 |
| Sports Communication | 1,202 |
| Health Communication | 362 |
| Political Communication | 211 |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | 191 |
| International and Intercultural Communication | 183 |
Part of the broader field of Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, communication management and strategic communications sits alongside related programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.