Communications at Eastern Connecticut State University

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a communication arts school? To help you decide if Eastern Connecticut State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication arts program.

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 Communications section at the bottom of this page.

ECSU Communications Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

ECSU Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at ECSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at ECSU

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

ECSU Communications Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts 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 communication arts.

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

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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