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Communication & Media Studies at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Communication & Media Studies at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,202.

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.

MCLA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

MCLA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at MCLA 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.

Communications Student Demographics at MCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

MCLA Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at MCLA 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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications 5

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Editors 3,160 $89,280
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000
Reporters and Correspondents 1,050 $53,140
Communications Professors 530 $79,930

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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