Communication & Media Studies at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 7,267 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 62 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwest.

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.

Northwest Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Northwest Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Northwest 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 Northwest 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	70
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	346

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Northwest Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwest is $31,055. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Northwest in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	55
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Public Relations Specialists	4,860	$59,940
Editors	1,160	$55,460
Radio and Television Announcers	890	$35,540
Communications Professors	660	$76,730
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.