Communication & Media Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450. Of the 2,821 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2021, 29 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.

UL Lafayette Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UL Lafayette Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UL Lafayette 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 UL Lafayette 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	201
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	204
	213
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	471
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	828

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in communications from UL Lafayette. This makes it the #59 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UL Lafayette Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UL Lafayette is $27,085. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UL Lafayette in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UL Lafayette since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UL Lafayette Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 17 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UL Lafayette, about 24% were men and 76% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UL Lafayette, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Reporters and Correspondents	460	$57,990
Editors	450	$42,340
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.