Communication & Media Studies at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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

UMN Duluth is located in Duluth, Minnesota and approximately 10,275 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UMN Duluth.

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.

UMN Duluth Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UMN Duluth Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UMN Duluth 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 UMN Duluth Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMN Duluth is $36,639. This is 13% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UMN Duluth

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

UMN Duluth Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from UMN Duluth. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMN Duluth since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UMN Duluth 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 Minnesota - Duluth with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	70
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Duluth.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Public Relations Specialists	5,360	$61,540
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Reporters and Correspondents	1,020	$51,770

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.