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Communication & Media Studies at Lamar University

Communication & Media Studies at Lamar University

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

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637.

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.

Lamar University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Lamar University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Lamar 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Lamar University since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lamar University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at Lamar University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lamar University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 58

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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists 28,360 $60,600
Editors 5,490 $72,300
Communications Professors 2,460 $68,900
Radio and Television Announcers 2,320 $50,530
Reporters and Correspondents 2,210 $45,910

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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