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Communication & Media Studies at Rockhurst University

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Communication & Media Studies at Rockhurst University

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

Rockhurst is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 3,688 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Rockhurst.

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.

Rockhurst Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Rockhurst Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Rockhurst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Rockhurst 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
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 1,128
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 1,208

Communications Student Demographics at Rockhurst

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

Rockhurst Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Rockhurst awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rockhurst University with a bachelor's in communications.

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

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

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 MO, the home state for Rockhurst University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Public Relations Specialists 4,860 $59,940
Editors 1,160 $55,460
Radio and Television Announcers 890 $35,540
Communications Professors 660 $76,730
Writers and Authors 650 $57,420

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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