Communication & Media Studies at Austin Peay State University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Austin Peay State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Austin Peay State University is located in Clarksville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 10,272. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Austin Peay State University.

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 Peay State University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Austin Peay State University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Austin Peay State University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Austin Peay State University 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 Master’s Degree Schools	159
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	173
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	226

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in communications from Austin Peay State University. This makes it the #30 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Austin Peay State University Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Austin Peay State University is $25,352. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Austin Peay State University

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

Austin Peay State University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 77 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Austin Peay State University in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Austin Peay State University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Austin Peay State University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Austin Peay State University Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in communications from Austin Peay State University. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Austin Peay State University, 68% 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 Austin Peay State University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 TN, the home state for Austin Peay State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Radio and Television Announcers	600	$43,560
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.