Communication & Media Studies at Alabama State University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Alabama State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 4,072 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Alabama State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Alabama State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Alabama State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Alabama State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Alabama State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	44
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	287
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	353
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	635

Earnings of Alabama State Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alabama State is $24,687. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Alabama State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Alabama State University.

Alabama State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Alabama State. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Alabama State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alabama State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Alabama State also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Alabama State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.