Communication & Media Studies at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and approximately 9,238 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,491 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University in 2021, 45 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.

Jacksonville State University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Jacksonville State University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	432
	522

Earnings of Jacksonville State University Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Jacksonville State University is $28,036. 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 Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Jacksonville State University. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Jacksonville State University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Jacksonville State University 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 AL, the home state for Jacksonville State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Thomson200 under License

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