Communication - Life After Fairfield

Our graduates are attractive to many employers who identify communication skills as the most important factor in hiring and promotion decisions. Employers also value our students' intensive coursework in the communication specialty, the experience gained from the internship, and the broad liberal education that all Fairfield students receive. Fairfield alumni have found employment in:

  • Marketing
  • Media planning and buying
  • Communication education / Preparation for graduate school
  • Communication training
  • Community affairs
  • Consumer research
  • Journalism
  • Corporate / organizational communication
  • Educational leadership and communication
  • Environmental communication
  • Health communication
  • Human resources
  • Management leadership and training
  • Mediation
  • Non-profit communication
  • Public information
  • Public opinion research
  • Sales and sales training
  • Social and human services
  • Strategic communication
  • Copy editing, design, and creative services

Communication students out with Dr. David Gudelunas after a career conference in New York CityOthers have gone on to graduate school to study law, communication, business, education, and journalism at schools including:

  • Columbia University
  • Boston College
  • University of North Carolina

Learn more about how Fairfield's Career Planning Center can support your post-graduate goals, and how Fairfield's tight-knit alumni network can build career and mentoring opportunities that last a lifetime.