Accreditation-Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Accreditation

The ACU Department of Journalism and Mass Communication is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC).

JMC Enrollment by Major

Major	Fall 2023	Fall 2022	Fall 2021	Fall 2020	Fall 2019
JAPR, Advertising/Public Relations	39	34	27	30	23
JMCT, Con Journalism/Multimedia Cert	1			1	1
JMM, Multimedia	45	51	35	31	33
JMTC, Journalism/Multimedia Teacher			1
JOCJ, Convergence Journalism			3	11	16
JOUR, Journalism	33	37	29	19	8
TOTAL	118	122	95	92	81

JMC Retention Rates

This table shows the rate at which students remain JMC majors and at the university. The JMC columns show the percentage of students who begin as freshman JMC majors and remain a JMC major in two, three or four years. These numbers do not represent students who adopt JMC majors after their initial freshman enrollment. The ACU columns show the percentage of all ACU students who begin at the university and remain at the university after two, three or four years.

	To the 2nd Year	To the 2nd Year	To the 3rd Year	To the 3rd Year	To the 4th Year	To the 4th Year
	JMC	ACU	JMC	ACU	JMC	ACU
Fall 2018	57.1%	78.8%	38.1%	68.8%	14.3%	59.0%
Fall 2019	86.7%	76.2%	80.0%	67.7%	66.7%	58.7%
Fall 2020	61.5%	79.0%	57.7%	69.8%	42.3%	61.2%
Fall 2021	93.1%	78.3%	79.3%	69.7%
Fall 2022	48.5%	79.4%

JMC Graduation Rates

This table shows recent graduation trends. The JMC columns show the percentage of JMC students who graduate in four, five or six years. The ACU columns show the percentage of all ACU students who graduate in four, five or six years.

	4-Yr Graduation	4-Yr Graduation	5-Yr Graduation	5-Yr Graduation	6-Yr Graduation	6-Yr Graduation
	JMC	ACU	JMC	ACU	JMC	ACU
Fall 2016	37.5%	49.2%	43.8%	59.5%	43.8%	60.5%
Fall 2017	40.0%	50.3%	40.0%	59.4%	46.7%	60.3%
Fall 2018	39.0%	49.0%	39.0%	57.6%	39.0%	58.9%
Fall 2019	46.7%	45.5%	46.7%	53.0%
Fall 2020	26.9%	45.4%