Communication & Media Studies at Central Connecticut State University

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

CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and approximately 10,652 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from CCSU.

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.

CCSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CCSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 CCSU 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	481

How Much Do Communications Graduates from CCSU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCSU is $36,885. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at CCSU

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

CCSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from CCSU in 2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CCSU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at CCSU 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 Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 CT, the home state for Central Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Editors	950	$71,260
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440
Radio and Television Announcers	390	$42,320
Communications Professors	270	$83,720

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.