Communication & Media Studies at Otterbein University

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

Otterbein is located in Westerville, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,652. In 2021, 15 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Otterbein.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Otterbein 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	282
	447
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	588
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	718

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Otterbein Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Otterbein is $30,547. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Otterbein. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were 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 17% more men than average.

About 67% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Otterbein 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 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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.