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Communication & Media Studies at Otterbein University

Communication & Media Studies at Otterbein University

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

Otterbein is located in Westerville, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,652.

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.

Otterbein Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Otterbein Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Otterbein 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Otterbein

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

Otterbein Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Otterbein since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Otterbein 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 Otterbein University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Otterbein University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 10
Communication & Media Studies 5

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 OH, the home state for Otterbein University.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists 6,710 $62,740
Editors 2,090 $60,670
Communications Professors 1,410 $74,860
Writers and Authors 1,360 $48,380
Reporters and Correspondents 1,130 $42,050

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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