Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Illinois University

Every communication and 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 Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

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.

EIU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

EIU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at EIU 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	74
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	77
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In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in communications from EIU. This makes it the #59 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from EIU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at EIU is $32,917. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EIU, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at EIU 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 Illinois University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EIU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 17 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from EIU, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from EIU, 82% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a master's in communications.

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

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.