Communication & Media Studies at Augsburg University

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

Augsburg is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 3,346 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Augsburg.

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.

Augsburg Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Augsburg Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Augsburg performed in these rankings.

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 Augsburg 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	171
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	507
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	555
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	638

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Augsburg Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Augsburg is $37,228. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Augsburg

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

Augsburg Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Augsburg. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 37% were men.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Augsburg 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 Augsburg University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Augsburg 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 MN, the home state for Augsburg University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists	5,360	$61,540
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Reporters and Correspondents	1,020	$51,770

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 Aug under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.