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Communication & Media Studies at Southern Wesleyan University

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Communication & Media Studies at Southern Wesleyan University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Southern Wesleyan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and approximately 1,345 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from SWU.

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.

SWU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SWU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at SWU 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 SWU 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 770
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 959

Communications Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from SWU. About 29% were men and 71% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in communications.

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

SWU 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 SC, the home state for Southern Wesleyan University.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists 2,070 $54,860
Editors 820 $46,630
Reporters and Correspondents 480 $46,660
Radio and Television Announcers 220 $49,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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