Communication & Media Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

63% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UNLV 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 UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	77
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

67% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	133
Speech Communication	126

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$62,550
Editors	460	$56,790
Writers and Authors	310	$53,730
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$47,900
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$42,360

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
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