Communication & Media Studies at Oglethorpe University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Oglethorpe University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oglethorpe 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.

Oglethorpe Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Oglethorpe Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Oglethorpe compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Oglethorpe 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	68
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	489
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	620

Communications Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Oglethorpe. About 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Oglethorpe 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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists	4,920	$62,070
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140
Writers and Authors	960	$63,260
Radio and Television Announcers	750	$57,400

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 Boston Public Library under License

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