Communication & Media Studies at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and has a total student population of 21,005.

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.

Montclair State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Montclair State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Montclair 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Montclair State

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

Montclair State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Montclair State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	75
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Montclair State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of communications master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Montclair State, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Montclair State University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at Montclair State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Montclair State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Communication & Media Studies	107
Speech Communication	64

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$75,670
Editors	3,130	$74,130
Writers and Authors	1,050	$81,160
Communications Professors	940	$92,200
Reporters and Correspondents	590	$61,180

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 Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.