Communication & Media Studies at Troy University

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 Troy University stacks up to those at other schools.

TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and approximately 16,497 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,357 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Troy University in 2021, 51 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.

TROY Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

TROY Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how TROY performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at TROY 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	548
	636
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	679

How Much Do Communications Graduates from TROY Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at TROY is $18,789. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at TROY

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

TROY Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from TROY. About 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at TROY since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at TROY 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 Troy University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	34
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 AL, the home state for Troy University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Mactones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.