Communication & Media Studies at Carroll University

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

Carroll U is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin and approximately 3,451 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Carroll U.

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.

Carroll U Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Carroll U Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Carroll U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Carroll U 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
	118
	124
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	240
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	333
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	390

Earnings of Carroll U Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carroll U is $37,363. This is 15% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Carroll U

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

Carroll U Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carroll U. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Carroll U 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 Carroll University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carroll U 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 WI, the home state for Carroll University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Public Relations Specialists	3,860	$61,060
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Reporters and Correspondents	630	$34,180
Radio and Television Announcers	620	$53,020
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.