by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in sports communication, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of sports 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 | 4 | — |
| Broadcast Journalism | 3 | 757 |
| Radio and Television | 3 | 5,653 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 3 | 32,944 |
| Business and Economic Journalism | 2 | — |
| Business/Corporate Communications, General | 2 | 801 |
| Business/Corporate Communications, Other | 2 | 12 |
| 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 |
| Health Communication | 362 |
| Political Communication | 211 |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | 191 |
| International and Intercultural Communication | 183 |
A specialization within Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, sports communication sits alongside related programs in that field.
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