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Communication & Media Studies at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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Communication & Media Studies at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,860 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from SRU.

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.

SRU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SRU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at SRU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 215
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools 236
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 256
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Earnings of SRU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SRU is $30,351. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Communications Student Demographics at SRU

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

SRU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from SRU. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 54
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

SRU 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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists 8,390 $61,510
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140
Reporters and Correspondents 1,330 $39,600
Communications Professors 1,280 $76,720

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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