Communication & Media Studies at Plymouth State University

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

Plymouth State is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and approximately 4,491 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Plymouth State.

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.

Plymouth State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Plymouth State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Plymouth State 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
	222
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	544

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Plymouth State Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Plymouth State is $34,875. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Plymouth State

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

Plymouth State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Plymouth State. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Plymouth State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Plymouth State 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 Plymouth State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Plymouth State 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 NH, the home state for Plymouth State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Public Relations Specialists	1,180	$59,970
Editors	400	$57,750
Writers and Authors	340	$56,850
Radio and Television Announcers	170	$34,330
Reporters and Correspondents	160	$44,900

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 User:Magicipiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.