Communication & Media Studies at Hanover College

Every communication and 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 Hanover College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hanover is located in Hanover, Indiana and approximately 1,028 students attend the school each year. Of the 257 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hanover College in 2021, 33 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.

Hanover Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Hanover Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Hanover 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	2
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	3
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	90
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	154
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	352
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	452

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Hanover Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hanover is $36,467. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Hanover

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

Hanover Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Hanover. About 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Hanover since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Hanover 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 Hanover College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Hanover 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 IN, the home state for Hanover College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.