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Communication & Media Studies at East Central University

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Communication & Media Studies at East Central University

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

ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 3,608. In 2021, 20 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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

ECU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools 9
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools 9
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 489
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 496
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Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 620

Earnings of ECU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $27,317. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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Communications Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from ECU. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 70% 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 Central University with a bachelor's in communications.

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

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

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 OK, the home state for East Central University.

Occupation Jobs in OK Average Salary in OK
Public Relations Specialists 1,880 $51,060
Editors 700 $44,380
Reporters and Correspondents 480 $38,300
Communications Professors 330 $50,700
Radio and Television Announcers 310 $35,900

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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