Communication & Media Studies at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613. In 2021, 170 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UD.

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.

UD Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UD Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at UD 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
	38

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from UD. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UD Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UD is $41,737. This is 29% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	139
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UD Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UD awarded 5 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 UD, 100% 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 Delaware with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Public Relations Specialists	710	$60,390
Editors	130	$68,790
Reporters and Correspondents	90	$50,580
Writers and Authors	60	$60,690

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.