Communication & Media Studies at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,650.

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 Media Studies
• Master’s Degree in Media Studies

GSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The media studies 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.

Media Studies Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of media studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical media studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its media studies 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 media studies.

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of media studies master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the media studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 media studies.

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

Related Majors

• Speech Communication

Careers That Media Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in media studies 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
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.