Communication & Media Studies at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 9,999. Of the 1,684 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2021, 24 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.

UAH Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UAH Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UAH 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 UAH 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	118
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	226
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	439
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	747
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	814

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in communications from UAH. This makes it the #161 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UAH Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAH is $22,664. 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 UAH

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

UAH Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UAH in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UAH since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UAH 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAH Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UAH awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UAH, 67% 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 in Huntsville with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 in Huntsville.

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.