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Communication & Media Studies at Boston College

Communication & Media Studies at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 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.

Boston College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Boston College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Boston 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 86
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Boston College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 168

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Editors 3,160 $89,280
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000
Reporters and Correspondents 1,050 $53,140
Communications Professors 530 $79,930

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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