Communication & Media Studies at Austin College

Every communication and 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 Austin College stacks up to those at other schools.

Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and approximately 1,302 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Austin College.

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.

Austin College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Austin College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Austin College 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 Austin College 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	149
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	553
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	696

Communications Student Demographics at Austin College

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

Austin College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Austin College. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Austin College since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Austin College 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 Austin College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for Austin College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.