Communication & Media Studies at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 7,295 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Gonzaga.

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.

Gonzaga Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Gonzaga Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga 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	154
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486

Earnings of Gonzaga Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gonzaga is $29,397. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at Gonzaga awarded 48 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.