Communication & Media Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 248 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UNLV.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UNLV 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	51
	66
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	189
	193

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in communications from UNLV. This makes it the #101 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UNLV Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNLV is $35,346. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The communications program at UNLV awarded 248 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going 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 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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	25
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	91
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in communications from UNLV. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UNLV, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNLV 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 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
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.