Communication & Media Studies at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 7,615 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 65 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University.

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.

Tennessee State University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Tennessee State University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Tennessee State University 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 Tennessee State University 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	156

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Tennessee State University Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Tennessee State University is $28,280. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Tennessee State University. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Tennessee State University since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% 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 Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 TN, the home state for Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Radio and Television Announcers	600	$43,560
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290

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 The Peep Holes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.