Communication & Media Studies at Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. Of the 171 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2021, 9 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.

Wesleyan Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Wesleyan Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan 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	113
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	125
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	711
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	882

Communications Student Demographics at Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

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

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in communications.

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

Wesleyan 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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Editors	770	$44,050
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$50,190
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.