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Communications at Towson University

Communications at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917.

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

Towson Communications Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

Towson Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at Towson 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 Towson

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

Towson Communications Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 Towson since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at Towson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 44
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists 3,250 $71,030
Editors 2,280 $59,560
Writers and Authors 920 $75,430
Reporters and Correspondents 490 $60,170
Radio and Television Announcers 440 $57,430

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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