Communication & Media Studies at Mount St Mary’s 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 Mount St Mary's University stacks up to those at other schools.

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from The Mount.

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.

The Mount Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

The Mount Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at The Mount 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 Schools	304
	490
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	576
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	620

Earnings of The Mount Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Mount is $28,932. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at The Mount 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 Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Mount 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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430
Reporters and Correspondents	490	$60,170
Radio and Television Announcers	440	$57,430

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.