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Communication & Media Studies at Seattle Pacific University

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Communication & Media Studies at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601. Of the 689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2021, 26 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

SPU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SPU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at SPU 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 Communication & Media Studies Schools 168

Earnings of SPU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPU is $38,179. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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Communications Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 26 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SPU, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

SPU 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists 5,770 $72,510
Editors 1,830 $67,560
Writers and Authors 1,400 $65,200
Communications Professors 600 $60,370

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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