Communication & Media Studies at Brigham Young University - Hawaii

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

BYU - H is located in Laie, Hawaii and approximately 3,180 students attend the school each year. Of the 697 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Hawaii in 2021, 30 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

BYU - H Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

BYU - H Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how BYU - H performed in these rankings.

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 BYU - H 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 Schools	220
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	481

Communications Student Demographics at BYU - H

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

BYU - H Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from BYU - H. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

BYU - H 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 HI, the home state for Brigham Young University - Hawaii.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Public Relations Specialists	1,260	$64,830
Editors	380	$78,390
Radio and Television Announcers	160	$47,040
Communications Professors	120	$60,030
Reporters and Correspondents	120	$43,250

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 Eustress under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.