Communication & Media Studies at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 1,933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 22 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.

UCA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UCA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UCA performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at UCA 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	162
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	448

Communications Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UCA in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UCA 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 Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.