Communication & Media Studies at Loyola University Maryland

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 Loyola University Maryland stacks up to those at other schools.

Loyola Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 5,282 students attend the school each year. Of the 899 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Maryland in 2021, 88 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.

Loyola Maryland Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Loyola Maryland Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Loyola Maryland performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Loyola Maryland 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
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Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	51
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	212
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	415
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	451

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Loyola Maryland Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loyola Maryland is $41,821. This is 29% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Loyola Maryland

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

Loyola Maryland Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Loyola Maryland. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Loyola Maryland 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 Loyola University Maryland with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	72
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• 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 MD, the home state for Loyola University Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430
Reporters and Correspondents	490	$60,170
Radio and Television Announcers	440	$57,430

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 Crhayes88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.