School of Communication: Provides training in various communication fields, including media, public relations, and journalism.
School of Communication
For over 50 years, the SOC, one of the oldest communication programs among the nation’s HBCUs, has been at the forefront of training culturally responsive professionals and scholars who can navigate urban and international settings with a deep sense of inclusivity and an understanding of historical legacy.
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Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.
There are two ways to navigate this tool:
Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue or skills you may have that are relevant to a particular career path.
Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.
Find career data by selecting keywordsKeyword Search
or, by filtering for industry and occupationIndustry Search
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
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At Texas Southern University (TSU), we are cultivating the next generation of leaders, innovators, and changemakers. As one of the nation’s premier historically Black universities, TSU offers a rich pipeline of diverse, driven, and career-ready students across a wide range of disciplines.
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Texas Southern University Career Pathways Center is proudly connected with leading professional organizations that enhance career development, employer engagement, and student success.
We are active members of:
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
The leading source for career services standards, trends, and best practices in higher education and workforce readiness.
Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE)
A regional network supporting collaboration between career services professionals and employers across the South.
Houston Area Consortium of Career Centers (HACCC)
A partnership of Houston-area universities working together to connect students with top local employers and opportunities.
For more information please contact Jeff Wallace or Bea Emanuel-Sims in the Office of Development at 713.313.6747.