Communication & Media Studies at Hood 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 Hood College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and approximately 2,042 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Hood.

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.

Hood Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Hood Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Hood compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Hood 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	473
	541
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	649
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	771
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	912

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Hood Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hood is $27,391. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Hood

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

Hood Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Hood in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hood College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430
Reporters and Correspondents	490	$60,170
Radio and Television Announcers	440	$57,430

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 Andrew.Belair under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.