Communication & Media Studies at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,388 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 160 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.

GMU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

GMU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how GMU 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 GMU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in communications from GMU. This makes it the #52 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	79
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

GMU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from GMU in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from GMU, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Public Relations Specialists	6,920	$78,410
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.