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Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University

Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Connecticut 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 communications program at Eastern Connecticut State University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and approximately 4,644 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.

ECSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

ECSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at ECSU 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 ECSU

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

ECSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 41
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Connecticut State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications 61

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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists 1,780 $73,600
Editors 950 $71,260
Writers and Authors 560 $78,440
Radio and Television Announcers 390 $42,320
Communications Professors 270 $83,720

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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