Communication & Media Studies at Liberty University

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

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year.

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.

Liberty University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Liberty University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Liberty 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Liberty University 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 Liberty University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	145
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Liberty University Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communications master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	31
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Liberty University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	162
Communications	154

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Public Relations Specialists	6,920	$78,410
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.