Communication & Media Studies at Niagara 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 Niagara University stacks up to those at other schools.

Niagara is located in Niagara University, New York and approximately 3,544 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 25 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Niagara.

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.

Niagara Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Niagara Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Niagara 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 Niagara 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	427
	584

Earnings of Niagara Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Niagara is $26,629. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Niagara

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

Niagara Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Niagara, about 28% were men and 72% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Niagara 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 Niagara University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Niagara 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 NY, the home state for Niagara University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 banderas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.