Communication & Media Studies at Salisbury University

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

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and approximately 8,124 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 159 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Salisbury.

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.

Salisbury Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Salisbury Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	110
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
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How Much Do Communications Graduates from Salisbury Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Salisbury is $31,057. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Salisbury

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

Salisbury Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 159 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Salisbury in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Salisbury since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Salisbury 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 Salisbury University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	114
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

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 MD, the home state for Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430
Reporters and Correspondents	490	$60,170
Radio and Television Announcers	440	$57,430

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.