2000 Communication Employment Summary
Of 33 mass communication graduates (10 men, 23 women), 4 continued their education at the graduate level, 21 entered the job market; 14 were employed in their major or minor area, 4 were employed in an area related, 2 were employed in an unrelated area, and 1 was actively searching for a job. Total employed, 95%. Salary range, $13,000 low, $22,000 average, $28,000 high.

Of 14 speech communication graduates (5 men, 9 women), 5 continued their education at the graduate level, 5 entered the job market; 2 were employed in their major or minor area, 1 was employed in an area related, none was employed in an unrelated area, and 2 were actively searching for a job. Total employed, 60% Salary range, $24,000 low, $29,000 average, $32,000 high.
( Source: NDSU Career Center.)

Some careers
NDSU's mass communication and speech communication graduates have blanketed the country--and the world--with quality work based on what they learned here in the Midwest.

Here are just a few examples of positions held by our former undergraduate students:

• Public relations, Diocese of Fargo.
• Teacher of English in Japan.
• Anchor/reporter, WDAY-TV, Fargo.
• Instructor, program administrator, Valley City State University.
• Consultant, Andersen Consulting, Minneapolis.
• Customer Management, Great Plains Software, Fargo.
• Editor, Phelps Dodge, Phoenix, AZ.
• Office of Admissions, North Dakota State University.
• Sports reporter, KVLY-TV, Fargo.
• Copy editor, the Fargo-Moorhead Forum.
• Reporter, the Fargo-Moorhead Forum.
• Communications director, Lignite Energy Council, Bismarck, ND.
• Media relations specialist, Federal Emergency Management Administration, Washington, D.C.
• TV sports photographer/reporter, Reno, NV.
• TV reporter/photographer, Rapid City, SD
• Public Relations firm owner, Fargo.
• Vice president of European operations, CBS News.
• Manager, KFAI-radio, Minneapolis.
• Editor, West Fargo Pioneer.
• Assistant for media relations, Office of Sen. Byron Dorgan, Bismarck, ND.
• Marketing director, Bonanzaville, Fargo.
• Radio music director, Denver, CO.
• Sales representative, Kodak Corp.
• Speech instructor, Concordia College, Moorhead.
• Corporate trainer, Minnesota Mutual, St. Paul.
• Pharmaceutical sales, Minneapolis.
• Speech instructor, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND.
• Secondary school speech teacher: placements in dozens of area high schools.
• Computer sales representative, Vermillion, SD.
• Sailing instructor, San Diego, CA.
• Management training programs for major department stores.
• City editor, Phoenix (AZ) Gazette.
• City editor, Jamestown (ND) Sun.
• Reporter/columnist, the Fargo-Moorhead Forum.
• Reporter-copy editor, Minot (ND) Daily News.
• Reporter, Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
• Assignment editor, KXJB-TV, Fargo.
• Marketing director, Dakota Pasta Growers Cooperative, Carrington, ND.
• Reporter, Burnsville/Savage Current (Minnesota Suburban Newspapers).
• Reporter, Valley City (ND) Times-Record.
• Assistant Managing Editor for Graphics, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution.
• Entertainment editor, Bismarck (ND) Tribune.
• Editor, Farm & Ranch Guide.
• Information specialist, NDSU Extension Office.
• Video Production Technician, National Steel Pellet Co.
• Communication Coordinator, Northwestern Public Service Co.
• Instructor, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.
• Numerous editors for agricultural departments and publications.
• Free-lance photographer, Minneapolis.
• Training/human resources department, Microsoft Great Plains, Fargo.
• Staff, Office of Rep. Earl Pomeroy, Bismarck, ND.

• Graduate school placements: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Arizona, Phoenix; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; University of Colorado, Boulder; Wayne State University, Detroit; School of Divinity, Minneapolis; University of Minnesota law school; William and Mary College of Law.
  

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