Communication & Media Studies at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Dominican U.

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.

Dominican U Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Dominican U Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Dominican U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Dominican U 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
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,087

Communications Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Dominican U. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Dominican U since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.