Communication & Media Studies at Ashland University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Ashland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ashland is located in Ashland, Ohio and approximately 4,447 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Ashland.

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	208
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	265
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	265

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in communications from Ashland. This is the #266 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

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, 58% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 22% more men than average.

About 63% 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	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.