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Communication & Media Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

Communication & Media Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

If you are interested in studying communication & 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.

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 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.

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

57% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 7% more men than average.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 3
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

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 Hawaii at Hilo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 46

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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