Communication & Media Studies at Mississippi State University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Mississippi State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986. Of the 4,575 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2021, 163 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.

Mississippi State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Mississippi State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Mississippi State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Mississippi State 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	266
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	294

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in communications from Mississippi State. This is the #266 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Mississippi State Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mississippi State is $30,675. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Mississippi State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Mississippi State University.

Mississippi State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 163 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Mississippi State. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	113
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Mississippi State 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Public Relations Specialists	1,430	$52,840
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$34,530
Editors	280	$46,070
Writers and Authors	170	$53,810

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.