Communication & Media Studies at Ashland University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Ashland University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Ashland is located in Ashland, Ohio and approximately 4,447 students attend the school each year.

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.

Ashland Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Ashland Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Ashland 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Ashland

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

Ashland Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Ashland since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Ashland 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 Ashland University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ashland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	24

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 OH, the home state for Ashland University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists	6,710	$62,740
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Ll1324 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.