Communication & Media Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and approximately 5,109 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from SUNY Plattsburgh.

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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SUNY Plattsburgh Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252
	445
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	975

How Much Do Communications Graduates from SUNY Plattsburgh Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Plattsburgh is $30,387. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at SUNY Plattsburgh.

SUNY Plattsburgh Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Plattsburgh.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.