Communication & Media Studies at University of Louisiana at Monroe

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

ULM is located in Monroe, Louisiana and has a total student population of 8,888. Of the 1,195 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2021, 30 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.

ULM Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at ULM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ULM offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ULM Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how ULM 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 ULM 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
	571
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	598

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in communications from ULM. This makes it the #161 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from ULM Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at ULM is $27,195. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at ULM

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

ULM Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from ULM in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at ULM are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ULM Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

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

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

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

ULM 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Monroe.

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.