Communication & Media Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAB Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
Master’s Degree in Communications

UAB Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UAB 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.

Communications Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UAB are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UAB Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

64% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of communications master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	115

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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
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