Communication & Media Studies at Pacific Lutheran University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Pacific Lutheran University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from PLU.

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.

PLU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

PLU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how PLU 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 PLU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258
	274
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	418
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	541

How Much Do Communications Graduates from PLU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at PLU is $33,589. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from PLU. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.