Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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

UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a total student population of 8,899. Of the 1,365 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2021, 33 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.

UA Little Rock Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at UA Little Rock

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UA Little Rock Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UA Little Rock 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 UA Little Rock 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	352
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	525
	558
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	657

Earnings of UA Little Rock Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UA Little Rock is $27,583. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UA Little Rock

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

UA Little Rock Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UA Little Rock in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UA Little Rock since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UA Little Rock 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 Arkansas at Little Rock with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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 Ualrcomm under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.