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Communication & Media Studies at Brown University

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Communication & Media Studies at Brown University

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

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948. Of the 1,987 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 2021, 32 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.

Brown Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Brown Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Brown 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in communications from Brown. This makes it the #219 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Brown. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 8
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Brown Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 3 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Brown, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

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

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

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

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 RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists 1,150 $67,480
Editors 200 $66,900
Writers and Authors 180 $63,820
Communications Professors 120 $80,330

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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