Communication & Media Studies at The University of Tampa

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 The University of Tampa stacks up to those at other schools.

UT is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 9,605 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 91 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UT.

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.

UT Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UT Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UT 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 UT 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
	209
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	270
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	377

Earnings of UT Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT is $34,278. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UT

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

UT Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 91 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UT in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UT 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 The University of Tampa with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	60
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 FL, the home state for The University of Tampa.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Radio and Television Announcers	1,350	$56,960

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 Andonic under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.