Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Asheville

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if University of North Carolina at Asheville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. Of the 763 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2021, 55 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.

UNCA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UNCA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UNCA 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 UNCA 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 Schools	45
	647

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UNCA Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCA is $23,386. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNCA, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNCA 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.