Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146. Of the 6,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2021, 301 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.

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	33

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in communications from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #122 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UNC Charlotte Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Charlotte is $34,203. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 301 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from UNC Charlotte. About 38% were men and 62% were 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 2% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNC Charlotte are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	171
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UNC Charlotte in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UNC Charlotte, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNC Charlotte 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 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.