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Communications at Columbia College Chicago

Communications at Columbia College Chicago

If you plan to study communications, take a look at what Columbia College Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Communications Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

Columbia Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Communications Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in communication arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Columbia Communications Master’s Program

60% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in communication arts each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a master's in communication arts.

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

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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