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Communication & Media Studies at Drake University

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Communication & Media Studies at Drake University

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

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 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.

Drake Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Drake Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

68% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Drake awarded 41 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 32% of these degrees went to men with the other 68% going to women.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Drake, 78% 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 Drake University with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists 1,820 $56,880
Editors 940 $51,480
Reporters and Correspondents 560 $32,650
Radio and Television Announcers 530 $34,870
Communications Professors 480 $88,340

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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