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Communication & Media Studies at Lakeland University

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Communication & Media Studies at Lakeland University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Lakeland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lakeland is located in Plymouth, Wisconsin and approximately 2,753 students attend the school each year. Of the 478 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lakeland University in 2021, 12 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.

Lakeland Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Lakeland

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Lakeland does offer online courses in communications for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Lakeland Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Lakeland 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 Lakeland 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 Online Communication & Media Studies Schools 46
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 635
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 639
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 794

Communications Student Demographics at Lakeland

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

Lakeland Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Lakeland. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Lakeland 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 Lakeland University 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 0
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 WI, the home state for Lakeland University.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Public Relations Specialists 3,860 $61,060
Editors 1,580 $48,630
Reporters and Correspondents 630 $34,180
Radio and Television Announcers 620 $53,020
Writers and Authors 560 $59,360

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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