Communication & Media Studies at McDaniel College
McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,931. Of the 484 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in 2021, 19 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.
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McDaniel Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
McDaniel Communication & Media Studies Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at McDaniel 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 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.
Ranking Type | Rank |
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Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 292 |
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Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 507 |
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools | 638 |
How Much Do Communications Graduates from McDaniel Make?
The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at McDaniel is $30,295. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at McDaniel are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
McDaniel also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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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 |
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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 Swissbeauty under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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