Communication & Media Studies at Ouachita Baptist University

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

Ouachita Baptist is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and has a total student population of 1,704. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Ouachita Baptist.

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.

Ouachita Baptist Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Ouachita Baptist Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	402
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	421
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How Much Do Communications Graduates from Ouachita Baptist Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ouachita Baptist is $30,498. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Ouachita Baptist

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

Ouachita Baptist Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Ouachita Baptist in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for Ouachita Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.