Communication & Media Studies at Point Park University

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

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,591 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Point Park.

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.

Point Park Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Point Park Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Point Park 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 Point Park 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
	328
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	534
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	735
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	827

Communications Student Demographics at Point Park

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

Point Park Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Point Park in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Point Park since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Point Park 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 Point Park University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.