Communication & Media Studies at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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.

Iowa Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Iowa Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Iowa 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	129
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Iowa Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of communications master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at University of Iowa. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	216

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.