Communication & Media Studies at Susquehanna University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Susquehanna University stacks up to those at other schools.

Susquehanna is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,241 students attend the school each year. Of the 576 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Susquehanna University in 2021, 9 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.

Susquehanna Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Susquehanna Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	601

Communications Student Demographics at Susquehanna

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

Susquehanna Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Susquehanna. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Susquehanna since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Susquehanna are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Susquehanna University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 PA, the home state for Susquehanna University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Janey Apfelbaum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.