by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in general organizational communication, 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.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of general organizational communication, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Executive/Career Coaching | 3 | 101 |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | 3 | 17,602 |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 | 2,898 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 2 | 336,590 |
| Organizational Behavior Studies | 2 | 3,447 |
| Organizational Leadership | 2 | 15,674 |
| Adult and Continuing Education Administration | 1 | 330 |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | 1 | 901 |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | 1 | 8,879 |
| Human Resources Development | 1 | 1,604 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advertising | 4,308 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 4,061 |
| Communication Management and Strategic Communications | 1,956 |
| 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, general organizational communication shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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