Communication & Media Studies at Gordon College

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

Gordon College is located in Wenham, Massachusetts and approximately 1,816 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Gordon College.

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.

Gordon College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Gordon College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Gordon College 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 Gordon College 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	104
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	115
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	473
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	599

Earnings of Gordon College Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gordon College is $24,365. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Gordon College

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

Gordon College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Gordon College in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Gordon College since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Gordon College 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 Gordon College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Gordon College 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 MA, the home state for Gordon College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.