Communication & Media Studies at University of Houston - Downtown

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if University of Houston - Downtown is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 15,239 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,897 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston - Downtown in 2021, 94 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 Downtown Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UH Downtown Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UH Downtown performed in these rankings.

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 Downtown 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
	174
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UH Downtown Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $35,709. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 94 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Downtown, about 31% were men and 69% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	12
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UH Downtown 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Downtown.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.