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Communication & Media Studies at Nicholls State University

Communication & Media Studies at Nicholls State University

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what Nicholls State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year.

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.

Nicholls State University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Nicholls State University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Nicholls State University 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 Nicholls State University

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

Nicholls State University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Nicholls State University since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Nicholls State University 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 Nicholls State University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies 18

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 LA, the home state for Nicholls State University.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists 1,350 $53,390
Reporters and Correspondents 460 $57,990
Editors 450 $42,340
Radio and Television Announcers 320 $30,040
Writers and Authors 260 $44,710

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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