Communication & Media Studies at Tulane University of Louisiana

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 Tulane University of Louisiana stacks up to those at other schools.

Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 13,927. Of the 2,884 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University of Louisiana in 2021, 149 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.

Tulane Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Tulane Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Tulane 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
	75

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Tulane Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Tulane is $39,771. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Tulane

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

Tulane Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 149 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Tulane. About 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Tulane 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 Tulane University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	115
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 LA, the home state for Tulane University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Reporters and Correspondents	460	$57,990
Editors	450	$42,340
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710

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 bsulldiesel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.