Communication & Media Studies at University of Missouri - St Louis

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Missouri - St Louis. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 13,874.

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

UMSL Communication & Media Studies 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.

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

50% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMSL since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 60% 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	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMSL Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

100% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of communications master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Missouri - St Louis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	80
Communication & Media Studies	21
Speech Communication	5

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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