Communication & Media Studies at Gardner - Webb University

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 Gardner - Webb University stacks up to those at other schools.

Gardner - Webb is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and has a total student population of 3,536. Of the 495 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gardner - Webb University in 2021, 8 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.

Gardner - Webb Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Gardner - Webb Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Gardner - Webb 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	624
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	735

Earnings of Gardner - Webb Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gardner - Webb is $21,270. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Gardner - Webb

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

Gardner - Webb Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Gardner - Webb. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Gardner - Webb since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Gardner - Webb 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 Gardner - Webb University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 NC, the home state for Gardner - Webb University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 The Voice of Hassocks under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.