Communication & Media Studies at University of Missouri - St Louis

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

UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 13,874. Of the 1,889 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Missouri - St Louis in 2021, 101 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.

UMSL Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMSL

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMSL does offer online courses in communications for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMSL Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UMSL 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 UMSL 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	33

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from UMSL. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UMSL Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMSL is $32,213. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at UMSL

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

UMSL Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 101 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMSL, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UMSL 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 Missouri - St Louis with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	63
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UMSL Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UMSL in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. UMSL does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UMSL, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMSL 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Public Relations Specialists	4,860	$59,940
Editors	1,160	$55,460
Radio and Television Announcers	890	$35,540
Communications Professors	660	$76,730
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.