Communication & Media Studies at East Carolina University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if East Carolina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

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.

ECU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

ECU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at ECU 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 ECU

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

ECU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	160
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

ECU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of communications master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from ECU, 64% 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 East Carolina University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at East Carolina University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	345

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.