Communication & Media Studies at Dallas Baptist University

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

DBU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 4,247.

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.

DBU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

DBU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at DBU 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 DBU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Dallas Baptist University.

DBU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at DBU 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 Dallas Baptist University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

DBU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of communications master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dallas Baptist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	30

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 TX, the home state for Dallas Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Regrothenberger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.