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Communication & Media Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington

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Communication & Media Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington

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

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and approximately 48,072 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,852 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Arlington in 2021, 219 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.

UT Arlington Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Communications (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
  • Master’s Degree in Communications

UT Arlington Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UT Arlington 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 Arlington 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 Communication & Media Studies Basic Certificate Schools 15
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Basic Certificate Schools 18

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in communications from UT Arlington. This makes it the #203 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

UT Arlington Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 219 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Arlington, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Arlington since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 38
Hispanic or Latino 75
White 73
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

UT Arlington Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

100% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in communications from UT Arlington in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a master's in communications.

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

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

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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