Communication & Media Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Florida Gulf Coast University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 186 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from FGCU.

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.

FGCU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

FGCU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how FGCU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at FGCU 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	81
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	128
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Earnings of FGCU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at FGCU is $32,621. 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 FGCU

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

FGCU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	136
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Radio and Television Announcers	1,350	$56,960

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.