Communication & Media Studies at Dallas Baptist University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Dallas Baptist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

DBU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 4,247. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from DBU.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at DBU 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	410
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	487

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from DBU. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from DBU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at DBU is $31,599. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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

Of the 25 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from DBU, about 24% were men and 76% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at DBU are white. This is typical 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	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

DBU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 5 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from DBU, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from DBU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.