Communications at Tarleton State University

If you plan to study communications, take a look at what Tarleton State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and approximately 14,016 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

Tarleton Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts
• Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

Tarleton Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at Tarleton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at Tarleton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at Tarleton State University.

Tarleton Communications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Tarleton since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at Tarleton 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 Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Tarleton Communications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication arts master's degree from Tarleton, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tarleton State University with a master's in communication arts.

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

Related Majors

• Speech Communication

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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 Tarleton 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.