Communications at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying communications, you may want to check out the program at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and approximately 5,887 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

UAFS Communications Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

UAFS Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at UAFS is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at UAFS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

UAFS Communications Bachelor’s Program

64% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UAFS since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at UAFS 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 Arkansas - Fort Smith with a bachelor's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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 - Fort Smith.

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
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