Communication & Media Studies at Northwest University

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

Northwest University is located in Kirkland, Washington and has a total student population of 1,184. Of the 230 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest University in 2021, 20 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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 University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Northwest University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Northwest University performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Northwest 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	240
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	489

Communications Student Demographics at Northwest University

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

Northwest University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwest University, about 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Northwest 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 Northwest University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for Northwest University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Acstar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.