Communication & Media Studies at Bridgewater State University

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

Bridgewater State is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and approximately 10,651 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 153 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Bridgewater State.

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.

Bridgewater State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Bridgewater State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
	268
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	577

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Bridgewater State Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bridgewater State is $33,791. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Bridgewater State

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

Bridgewater State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 153 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bridgewater State. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Bridgewater State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	119
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Bridgewater State 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 MA, the home state for Bridgewater State University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeremy Foote under License

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