Communication & Media Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Hawaii at Hilo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. Of the 632 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2021, 46 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

UH Hilo Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UH Hilo Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UH Hilo 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 UH Hilo 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	345
	519
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	538
	541

Earnings of UH Hilo Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Hilo is $28,085. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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

Related Majors

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Public Relations Specialists	1,260	$64,830
Editors	380	$78,390
Radio and Television Announcers	160	$47,040
Communications Professors	120	$60,030
Reporters and Correspondents	120	$43,250

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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