Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Communication & Media Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College

Find Schools Near

Communication & Media Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College

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

Gustavus Adolphus is located in Saint Peter, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,230. Of the 449 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2021, 24 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.

Gustavus Adolphus Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Gustavus Adolphus Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Gustavus Adolphus 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 Gustavus Adolphus 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 102
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 113
175
180
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 389
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 559

Earnings of Gustavus Adolphus Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gustavus Adolphus is $35,694. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

undefined

Communications Student Demographics at Gustavus Adolphus

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

Gustavus Adolphus Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Gustavus Adolphus awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

undefined

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Gustavus Adolphus 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 Gustavus Adolphus College with a bachelor's in communications.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Gustavus Adolphus also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MN, the home state for Gustavus Adolphus College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists 5,360 $61,540
Editors 2,700 $58,820
Writers and Authors 1,090 $67,300
Reporters and Correspondents 1,020 $51,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.