Communication & Media Studies at Florida Southern College

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 Florida Southern College stacks up to those at other schools.

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Florida Southern.

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.

Florida Southern Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Florida Southern Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Florida Southern 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
	388
	401
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	568
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,047

Communications Student Demographics at Florida Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Florida Southern College.

Florida Southern Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at Florida Southern awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Florida Southern 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 Southern College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida Southern 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
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.