Communication & Media Studies at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from NEC.

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.

NEC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

NEC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 NEC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	963

Communications Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NEC, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at NEC since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at NEC 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 New England College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Public Relations Specialists	1,180	$59,970
Editors	400	$57,750
Writers and Authors	340	$56,850
Radio and Television Announcers	170	$34,330
Reporters and Correspondents	160	$44,900

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.