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

Keene State is located in Keene, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 3,210. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Keene State.

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.

Keene State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Keene State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Keene State 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	181
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302

Earnings of Keene State Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Keene State is $38,382. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Keene State

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

Keene State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Keene State, about 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Keene State 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 Keene State College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 NH, the home state for Keene State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Public Relations Specialists	1,180	$59,970
Editors	400	$57,750
Writers and Authors	340	$56,850
Radio and Television Announcers	170	$34,330
Reporters and Correspondents	160	$44,900

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.