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Communications at Central Washington University

Communications at Central Washington University

If you are interested in studying communications, you may want to check out the program at Central Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

CWU Communications Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

CWU Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at Central Washington University.

CWU Communications Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at CWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists 5,770 $72,510
Editors 1,830 $67,560
Writers and Authors 1,400 $65,200
Communications Professors 600 $60,370

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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