Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146.

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.

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UNC Charlotte 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 UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

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 UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNC Charlotte 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 Charlotte with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	146
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of communications master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	310

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 Charlotte.

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.