Communication & Media Studies at University of Dayton

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

UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and has a total student population of 11,650.

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.

UDayton Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UDayton Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UDayton 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 UDayton

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

UDayton Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UDayton since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UDayton 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 Dayton with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	104
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UDayton Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of communications master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UDayton, 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 Dayton with a master's in communications.

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Dayton. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	165

Related Majors

• 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 OH, the home state for University of Dayton.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists	6,710	$62,740
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Cfullam under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.