Communication & Media Studies at Muhlenberg College

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 Muhlenberg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Muhlenberg is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,067. Of the 662 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College in 2021, 56 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.

Muhlenberg Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Muhlenberg Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools	9
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
	232
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	259
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	311
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	488
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	518

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Muhlenberg Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Muhlenberg is $34,407. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Muhlenberg

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Muhlenberg College.

Muhlenberg Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Muhlenberg in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Muhlenberg since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Muhlenberg 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 PA, the home state for Muhlenberg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Duempel at de.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.