Communication & Media Studies at Rhode Island College

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year.

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.

RIC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

RIC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at RIC 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.

Communications Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

38% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rhode Island College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	34

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Editors	200	$66,900
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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
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