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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Northeastern.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Northeastern 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	6
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	128
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	554

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Northeastern Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northeastern is $48,567. This is 50% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The communications program at Northeastern awarded 142 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	71
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Northeastern 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)
• Journalism

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.