Communication & Media Studies at University of Central Florida

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what University of Central Florida has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 442 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UCF.

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.

UCF Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UCF Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UCF 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 UCF 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 Master’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	187
	293

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in communications from UCF. This makes it the #39 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UCF Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCF is $33,232. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 442 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCF, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Central Florida with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	118
White	219
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UCF Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UCF awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Radio and Television Announcers	1,350	$56,960

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.