Communication & Media Studies at Grambling State University

Every communication & media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Grambling State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and has a total student population of 5,438.

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 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.

Communications Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to 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 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Grambling State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

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

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 60% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grambling 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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grambling State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	39

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 LA, the home state for Grambling State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Reporters and Correspondents	460	$57,990
Editors	450	$42,340
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.