Communication & Media Studies at Auburn University

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

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and has a total student population of 30,737.

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.

Auburn Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Auburn Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Auburn 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 Auburn

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

Auburn Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Auburn 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 Auburn University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	83
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Auburn Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of communications master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Auburn, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Auburn University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Communication & Media Studies	110
Communication & Media Studies	59

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 AL, the home state for Auburn 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 Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.