Communication & Media Studies at Lasell University

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what Lasell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lasell is located in Newton, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,951.

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.

Lasell Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Lasell Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Lasell 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 Lasell

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

Lasell Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Lasell since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lasell Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of communications master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Lasell, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	73
Other Communication & Media Studies	19

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 MA, the home state for Lasell University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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.