Communications at University of Houston

Every communications school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication arts program at University of Houston stacks up to those at other schools.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

UH Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts
• Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

UH Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Communications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts 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 with a bachelor's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH Communications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the communication arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Speech Communication

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.