Communication & Media Studies at Grambling State University

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

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and has a total student population of 5,438. Of the 568 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grambling State University in 2021, 39 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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

GSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how GSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	265
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	411

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in communications from GSU. This is the #266 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The communications program at GSU awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 31% of these degrees went to men with the other 69% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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	36
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 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.