Communication & Media Studies at Furman University

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

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and approximately 2,567 students attend the school each year. Of the 780 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Furman University in 2021, 69 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.

Furman Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Furman Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Furman 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 Furman 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 Communication & Media Studies Schools	44
	155
	160
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	262

Earnings of Furman Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Furman is $36,227. This is 12% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 69 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Furman, about 28% were men and 72% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Furman 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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$49,430

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.