Communication & Media Studies at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380.

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.

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UCCS 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.

Communications Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

49% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	84
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

67% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UCCS, 67% 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	164

Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Public Relations Specialists	5,180	$66,510
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Communications Professors	620	$58,270
Reporters and Correspondents	570	$55,930

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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