Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Northern Arizona University

If you plan to study radio, television and digital communication, take a look at what Northern Arizona University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 students received a bachelor's degree in digital communication from NAU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Radio, Television & Digital Communication section at the bottom of this page.

NAU Radio, Television & Digital Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Communication

NAU Radio, Television & Digital Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the digital communication progam at NAU 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 digital communication major at NAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Radio, Television & Digital Communication. 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 Focused Radio, TV & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94

How Much Do Digital Communication Graduates from NAU Make?

The median salary of digital communication students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $23,389. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,803 for all digital communication students.

Digital Communication Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the digital communication majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 120 digital communication students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NAU, about 49% were men and 51% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

NAU also has a doctoral program available in digital communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Journalism
• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Digital Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in digital communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Producers and Directors	1,250	$62,760
Radio and Television Announcers	520	$48,360
Media and Communication Workers	250	$56,840

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.