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Communication & Media Studies at Aurora University

Communication & Media Studies at Aurora University

Every communication & 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 Aurora University stacks up to those at other schools.

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and approximately 6,265 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.

Aurora Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Aurora Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Aurora 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 Aurora

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

Aurora Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Aurora since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Aurora are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at Aurora University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Aurora University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 33

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 IL, the home state for Aurora University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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