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Communication & Media Studies at Northeastern University

Communication & Media Studies at Northeastern University

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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

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.

Northeastern Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Northeastern Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Northeastern 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 Northeastern

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

Northeastern Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 54
International Students 42
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 85
Other Communication & Media Studies 57

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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Editors 3,160 $89,280
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000
Reporters and Correspondents 1,050 $53,140
Communications Professors 530 $79,930

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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