Communication & Media Studies at Quinnipiac University

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

Quinnipiac is located in Hamden, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,746. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Quinnipiac.

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.

Quinnipiac Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Quinnipiac Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Quinnipiac 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 Quinnipiac 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	241
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	410

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Quinnipiac Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Quinnipiac is $34,800. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Quinnipiac

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

Quinnipiac Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Quinnipiac. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Quinnipiac since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Quinnipiac 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 Quinnipiac University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Quinnipiac 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

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 CT, the home state for Quinnipiac University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Editors	950	$71,260
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440
Radio and Television Announcers	390	$42,320
Communications Professors	270	$83,720

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 JlsElsewhere under License

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