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Communication & Media Studies at Loyola University Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,893. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Loyola Chicago.

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 Chicago Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Loyola Chicago

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Loyola Chicago offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Loyola Chicago Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Loyola Chicago compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Loyola Chicago 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools 93
202
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 1,075

Earnings of Loyola Chicago Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loyola Chicago is $34,388. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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Communications Student Demographics at Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Loyola Chicago, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Loyola Chicago 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 Chicago with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

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 IL, the home state for Loyola University Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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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