Communication & Media Studies at Missouri Western State University

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

Missouri Western is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri and approximately 4,911 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Missouri Western.

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.

Missouri Western Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Missouri Western Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Missouri Western performed in these rankings.

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 Missouri Western 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	118
	212
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	816
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	825

Earnings of Missouri Western Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Missouri Western is $35,012. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Missouri Western

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

Missouri Western Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Missouri Western, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Missouri Western also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MO, the home state for Missouri Western State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Public Relations Specialists	4,860	$59,940
Editors	1,160	$55,460
Radio and Television Announcers	890	$35,540
Communications Professors	660	$76,730
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.