Communication & Media Studies at Chatham University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Chatham University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Chatham is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,353. In 2021, 21 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Chatham.

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.

Chatham Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Chatham Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Chatham 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 Chatham 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	271
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	510

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in communications from Chatham. This makes it the #144 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at Chatham

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

Chatham Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Chatham in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Chatham since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Chatham 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 Chatham University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Chatham Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 7 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Chatham, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Chatham, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Chatham 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 PA, the home state for Chatham University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.