Communication & Media Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and has a total student population of 6,813. Of the 568 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2021, 7 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.

UAF Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAF offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UAF Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 UAF 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	770

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in communications from UAF. This makes it the #203 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at UAF

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

UAF Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UAF in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UAF since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAF Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UAF, about 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UAF, 100% 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 Alaska Fairbanks 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Public Relations Specialists	410	$70,070
Reporters and Correspondents	140	$48,230
Writers and Authors	110	$64,200
Radio and Television Announcers	100	$46,530
Editors	50	$50,790

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 Burntorange72 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.