Communication & Media Studies at Gallaudet University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Gallaudet University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 1,451. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Gallaudet.

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.

Gallaudet Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Gallaudet Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Gallaudet 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	192
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	328
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	372
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	553
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	590
	598
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	617

Earnings of Gallaudet Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gallaudet is $25,117. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Gallaudet

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

Gallaudet Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Gallaudet. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Gallaudet since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Gallaudet 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 Gallaudet University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Gallaudet 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 DC, the home state for Gallaudet University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Editors	3,330	$89,710
Reporters and Correspondents	1,610	$100,550
Writers and Authors	1,250	$101,690
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$85,030

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 AgnosticPreachersKid under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.