Communication & Media Studies at College of Saint Benedict

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

CSB is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and has a total student population of 1,668. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from CSB.

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.

CSB Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CSB Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at CSB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at CSB 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
	42
	46
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	81
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	304
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	495

How Much Do Communications Graduates from CSB Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSB is $41,526. This is 28% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at CSB

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

CSB Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from CSB in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at CSB 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 Saint Benedict with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CSB 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 MN, the home state for College of Saint Benedict.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists	5,360	$61,540
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Reporters and Correspondents	1,020	$51,770

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.