Communication & Media Studies at Dean College

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

Dean College is located in Franklin, Massachusetts and approximately 1,180 students attend the school each year.

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.

Dean College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Dean College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Dean 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Dean College

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

Dean College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Dean College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Dean College since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Dean College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Dean College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Dean College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	15

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 MA, the home state for Dean College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.