Communication & Media Studies at Emporia State University

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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and has a total student population of 5,828. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from ESU.

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.

ESU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

ESU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at ESU 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	92
	470
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	510

Earnings of ESU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at ESU is $30,007. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from ESU. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at ESU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at ESU 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 Emporia State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

ESU 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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Public Relations Specialists	2,120	$56,170
Editors	530	$50,390
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$36,620
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$47,180
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.