Communication & Media Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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

UNOMAHA is located in Omaha, Nebraska and approximately 15,892 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UNOMAHA.

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.

UNOMAHA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UNOMAHA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UNOMAHA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at UNOMAHA 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	129

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in communications from UNOMAHA. This makes it the #130 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UNOMAHA Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNOMAHA is $37,214. This is 15% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UNOMAHA

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

UNOMAHA Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNOMAHA. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNOMAHA 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 Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNOMAHA Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in communications from UNOMAHA. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UNOMAHA, 88% 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 Nebraska at Omaha with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Public Relations Specialists	1,370	$51,300
Editors	460	$47,910
Reporters and Correspondents	390	$39,510
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$38,940
Writers and Authors	220	$45,280

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 Beatmastermatt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.