Communication & Media Studies at Brooklyn College

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Brooklyn College stacks up to those at other schools.

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 17,735 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,219 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College in 2021, 73 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.

Brooklyn College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Brooklyn College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn College 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
	138
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	210
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	218
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	218
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	228

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in communications from Brooklyn College. This is the #254 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Brooklyn College Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College is $31,321. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 73 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Brooklyn College in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brooklyn College Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Brooklyn College.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 Brooklyn College.

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.