Communication & Media Studies at Marymount 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 Marymount University stacks up to those at other schools.

Marymount is located in Arlington, Virginia and has a total student population of 3,294. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Marymount.

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.

Marymount Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Marymount Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Marymount 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
	30
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	522
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	671

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Marymount Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marymount is $42,506. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Marymount

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

Marymount Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at Marymount awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Marymount since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marymount 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 VA, the home state for Marymount 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 Kevin Bowman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.