Communication & Media Studies at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,105 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in 2021, 41 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.

SMU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SMU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at SMU 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 SMU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	393

Earnings of SMU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMU is $38,996. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

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

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SMU 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.