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Communication & Media Studies at Northwest Nazarene University

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Communication & Media Studies at Northwest Nazarene University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Northwest Nazarene University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109. In 2021, 16 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from NNU.

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.

NNU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

NNU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at NNU 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 NNU 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 Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 484
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools 508
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 553
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Earnings of NNU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at NNU is $26,811. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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Communications Student Demographics at NNU

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

NNU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from NNU in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at NNU 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 Nazarene 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 3
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation Jobs in ID Average Salary in ID
Public Relations Specialists 660 $64,380
Editors 420 $48,160
Reporters and Correspondents 250 $34,390
Writers and Authors 180 $52,570
Radio and Television Announcers 160 $58,430

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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