Communication & Media Studies at East Tennessee State University

Every communication & media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the media studies program at East Tennessee State University stacks up to those at other schools.

ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and approximately 13,713 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.

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies
• Master’s Degree in Media Studies

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The media studies major at ETSU 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 ETSU

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

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of media studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical media studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at ETSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in media studies at ETSU 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 Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in media studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of media studies master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Of the students who received a media studies master's degree from ETSU, 75% 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 Tennessee State University with a master's in media studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Communications

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 TN, the home state for East Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290
Communications Professors	310	$56,860

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 Boboskaditdatin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.