Communication & Media Studies at Lock Haven University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Lock Haven University stacks up to those at other schools.

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,163 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from LHU.

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.

LHU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

LHU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how LHU 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 LHU 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 Schools	998
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,006

Communications Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU 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 LHU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

LHU 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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.