Communication & Media Studies at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

If you plan to study communication and 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. In 2021, 157 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UCCS.

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCCS

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UCCS 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	83
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	165
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	190
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	218

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in communications from UCCS. This makes it the #144 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UCCS Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $32,374. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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

Of the 157 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UCCS in 2021, 41% were men and 59% were 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 5% more men than average.

About 66% 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	10
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	104
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UCCS Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UCCS awarded 7 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UCCS, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.