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Communications at Metropolitan State University

Communications at Metropolitan State University

Every communications school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication arts program at Metropolitan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

Metro State Communications Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

Metro State Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at Metro State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at Metro State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at Metropolitan State University.

Metro State Communications Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at Metro State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists 5,360 $61,540
Editors 2,700 $58,820
Writers and Authors 1,090 $67,300
Reporters and Correspondents 1,020 $51,770

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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