Communication & Media Studies at Governors State University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Governors State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from GSU.

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.

GSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at GSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 GSU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	75
	139
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	348
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	348
	389

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from GSU. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from GSU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSU is $31,272. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from GSU. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

GSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in communications from GSU. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GSU 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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.