Communication & Media Studies at College of Charleston

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

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 10,384. In 2021, 160 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from C of C.

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.

C of C Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

C of C Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at C of C 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 C of C 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	150
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295

Earnings of C of C Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at C of C is $36,857. This is 14% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 160 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from C of C. About 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	130
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• 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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.