Communication & Media Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 99 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UAB.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UAB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	220
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	500

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in communications from UAB. This makes it the #68 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UAB Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $28,940. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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

The communications program at UAB awarded 99 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going 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 8% more men than average.

About 58% 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 4% 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	0
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UAB Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a master’s in communications from UAB in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UAB, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAB 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

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
• Image Credit: By Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.