Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Oregon University

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

EOU is located in La Grande, Oregon and has a total student population of 2,853. Of the 584 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Oregon University in 2021, 25 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

EOU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at EOU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? EOU offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

EOU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at EOU 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 EOU 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	369
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	543

Communications Student Demographics at EOU

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

EOU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from EOU in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at EOU 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 Oregon University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 OR, the home state for Eastern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Editors	1,080	$55,610
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050
Reporters and Correspondents	450	$48,960
Communications Professors	390	$80,700

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.