Communication & Media Studies at Saint Louis University

Every communication & media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Saint Louis University stacks up to those at other schools.

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 12,229 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.

SLU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

SLU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at SLU 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 SLU

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

SLU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SLU 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 Saint Louis University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SLU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of communications master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Louis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	53

Related Majors

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 Saint Louis 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.