Communication & Media Studies at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what University of Massachusetts - Boston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259. Of the 2,801 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts - Boston in 2021, 108 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.

UMass Boston Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UMass Boston Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UMass Boston 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.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UMass Boston Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Boston is $38,647. This is 19% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMass Boston. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	42
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

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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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 Daderot under License

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