Communication & Media Studies at Clarkson University

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

Clarkson is located in Potsdam, New York and approximately 4,025 students attend the school each year. Of the 708 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Clarkson University in 2021, 7 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

Clarkson Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Clarkson Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Clarkson performed in these rankings.

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 Clarkson 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	959

Communications Student Demographics at Clarkson

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

Clarkson Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Clarkson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Clarkson 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 NY, the home state for Clarkson University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 RobinsonRP under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.