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Communication & Media Studies at McDaniel College

Communication & Media Studies at McDaniel College

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at McDaniel College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,931.

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.

McDaniel Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

McDaniel Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at McDaniel 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 McDaniel

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

McDaniel Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at McDaniel since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at McDaniel 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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
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 McDaniel College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 19

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 McDaniel College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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