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Communication & Media Studies at DePaul University

Communication & Media Studies at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922.

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.

DePaul Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies

DePaul Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The media studies major at DePaul 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.

Media Studies Student Demographics at DePaul

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the media studies majors at DePaul University.

DePaul Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of media studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in media studies at DePaul 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in media studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 63
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Careers That Media Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in media studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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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