Communication & Media Studies at University of Northwestern - St Paul

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

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 3,506. Of the 697 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Northwestern - St Paul in 2021, 13 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.

Northwestern Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Northwestern Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Northwestern 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 Northwestern 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools	246
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	293
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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	404

Communications Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northwestern 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
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists	5,360	$61,540
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Reporters and Correspondents	1,020	$51,770

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.