Communication & Media Studies at John Brown University

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

JBU is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas and approximately 2,343 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from JBU.

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.

JBU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

JBU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 JBU 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	882

Communications Student Demographics at JBU

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

JBU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from JBU. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at JBU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at JBU 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 John Brown University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 AR, the home state for John Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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 Tim Morgan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.