by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in political communication, you may also want to explore 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 political communication, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Communication, General | 5 | — |
| Business/Corporate Communications, General | 3 | 801 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, Other | 3 | 12 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 3 | 8,694 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 3 | 32,944 |
| Broadcast Journalism | 2 | 757 |
| Business and Economic Journalism | 2 | — |
| Cultural Journalism | 2 | — |
| Journalism, Other | 2 | 1,098 |
| Journalism | 2 | 9,378 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advertising | 4,308 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 4,061 |
| Communication Management and Strategic Communications | 1,956 |
| Organizational Communication, General | 1,789 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other | 1,296 |
| Sports Communication | 1,202 |
| Health Communication | 362 |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | 191 |
| International and Intercultural Communication | 183 |
As a more focused area within Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, political communication shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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