Communication & Media Studies at McPherson College

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

McPherson College is located in McPherson, Kansas and has a total student population of 868. In 2021, 4 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from McPherson College.

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.

McPherson College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

McPherson College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at McPherson College 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 McPherson College 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	419
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	485
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,087

Communications Student Demographics at McPherson College

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

McPherson College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from McPherson College, about 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at McPherson College since its program graduates 39% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 McPherson College with a bachelor's in communications.

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

McPherson College 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 KS, the home state for McPherson College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Public Relations Specialists	2,120	$56,170
Editors	530	$50,390
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$36,620
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$47,180
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670

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 Lukeorama under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.