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Communication & Media Studies at Hunter College

Communication & Media Studies at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052.

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.

Hunter Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Hunter Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Hunter 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Hunter College with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 35
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 56
White 27
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hunter College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies 164

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 Hunter 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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