Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a digital communication school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's digital communication program.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 5 of them were radio, television and digital communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Radio, Television & Digital Communication section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Radio, Television & Digital Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Communication

RPI Radio, Television & Digital Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks digital communication programs across the country. The following shows how RPI 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 digital communication major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Radio, Television & Digital Communication. 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
Most Focused Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools	383

Digital Communication Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the digital communication majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 digital communication students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RPI, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its digital communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in digital communication.

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

RPI also has a doctoral program available in digital communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Digital Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in digital communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Film and Video Editors	4,590	$92,170
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470
Radio and Television Announcers	1,690	$74,220

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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.