Communication & Media Studies at Stephen F Austin State University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Stephen F Austin State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and approximately 12,620 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from SFASU.

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.

SFASU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at SFASU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SFASU does offer online education options in communications for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SFASU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how SFASU performed in these rankings.

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 SFASU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	270

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in communications from SFASU. This makes it the #107 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from SFASU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $29,810. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SFASU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SFASU 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SFASU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at SFASU awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stephen F Austin State University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Publishing
• 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 Stephen F Austin State 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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.