Communication & Media Studies at North Central College

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

North Central is located in Naperville, Illinois and approximately 2,832 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from North Central.

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.

North Central Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

North Central Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at North Central 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 North Central 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
	97
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	945
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	979
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,180
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,218

Communications Student Demographics at North Central

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

North Central Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from North Central, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at North Central 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 North Central College with a bachelor's in communications.

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

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 IL, the home state for North Central College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Quadrahex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.