Communication & Media Studies at Charleston Southern University

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

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from CSU.

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.

CSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at CSU 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 CSU 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	598
	619
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	632

How Much Do Communications Graduates from CSU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSU is $23,505. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at CSU

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

CSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from CSU in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CSU since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at CSU 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 Charleston Southern University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSU 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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$49,430

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.