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Communication & Media Studies at Northern Michigan University

Communication & Media Studies at Northern Michigan University

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

Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and has a total student population of 7,368.

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.

Northern Michigan University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Northern Michigan University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Northern Michigan 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 Northern Michigan University

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

Northern Michigan University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Northern Michigan University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Northern Michigan 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 Northern Michigan University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 17

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 MI, the home state for Northern Michigan University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists 6,280 $61,760
Editors 1,670 $58,150
Reporters and Correspondents 1,190 $47,110
Writers and Authors 1,120 $60,850
Communications Professors 900 $71,770

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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