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Communication & Media Studies at Emory University

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Communication & Media Studies at Emory 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 Emory University stacks up to those at other schools.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 13,997 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,691 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emory University in 2021, 23 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.

Emory Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Emory Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Emory 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.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Emory Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Emory is $27,889. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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Communications Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Emory. About 22% were men and 78% were women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Emory are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Emory University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists 4,920 $62,070
Editors 2,190 $61,330
Reporters and Correspondents 1,230 $51,140
Writers and Authors 960 $63,260
Radio and Television Announcers 750 $57,400

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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