A bachelors in communications lets you become passionate with writing and speaking to others. Lots of communication majors work in advertising, media, journalism, government, personal relations, and with large corporations. You will want to focus on writing and performing verbally to maximize your potential in communications. Lots of people with this major go on to become public speakers and speech writers for big firms as well.

The US Dept. of Labor reports that the communications field will grow 18 to 26 percent in the next 5 years.