Communication & Media Studies at Oral Roberts University

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

ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and approximately 4,317 students attend the school each year. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University in 2021, 21 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.

ORU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

ORU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 ORU 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 Schools	424
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	479
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	565

How Much Do Communications Graduates from ORU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at ORU is $29,293. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at ORU

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

ORU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from ORU. Of these graduates, 24% were men and 76% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Journalism
• 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 OK, the home state for Oral Roberts University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Public Relations Specialists	1,880	$51,060
Editors	700	$44,380
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$38,300
Communications Professors	330	$50,700
Radio and Television Announcers	310	$35,900

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 Dustin M. Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.