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Communication & Media Studies at Indiana University - Northwest

Communication & Media Studies at Indiana University - Northwest

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

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and approximately 3,801 students attend the school each year.

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.

IU Northwest Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

IU Northwest Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at IU Northwest 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 IU Northwest

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

IU Northwest Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at Indiana University - Northwest. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Indiana University - Northwest. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 14

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 Indiana University - Northwest.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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