Mass Communications is growing in popularity year on year and its easy to see why. Web design, advertising and the media industry all need students with these skills.The School of Humanities ensures that all its courses are relevant to the world of work through the School's active links with regional employers across a range of industries and professions. Close links with prestigious bodies such as the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Heritage Lottery Foundation and the Mind Association attract valuable research funding. As a result, the School's graduates have an excellent record of gaining employment in media, publishing, teaching and information management, where skills in analysis, communication and evaluation are highly valued. In 2015 the University of Hertfordshire was ranked with an 81% satisfaction rate among UK universities for Journalism, Publishing and Media Studies by The Guardian.

Potential careers in Advertising, Film Production, Journalism, Public Relations, Film Production, Web Design, Television Production, Desktop Publishing with previous graduates having been employed by Which Magazine, Christian Dior, and Jaeger.