Communication & Media Studies at Alma College

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 Alma College stacks up to those at other schools.

Alma is located in Alma, Michigan and approximately 1,435 students attend the school each year. Of the 376 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alma College in 2021, 11 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

Alma Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Alma Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Alma 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 Alma 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	195
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	204
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	491
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	816

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Alma Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alma is $32,979. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Alma

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Alma College.

Alma Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Alma. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Alma since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Alma are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 MI, the home state for Alma College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Reporters and Correspondents	1,190	$47,110
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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 Santosdo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.