Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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 North Carolina at Greensboro stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and has a total student population of 19,764. Of the 3,694 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2021, 186 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 Greensboro Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UNC Greensboro Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at UNC Greensboro 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.

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

Earnings of UNC Greensboro Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Greensboro is $25,877. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UNC Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 186 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UNC Greensboro in 2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Greensboro since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Greensboro with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	91
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UNC Greensboro Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UNC Greensboro in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UNC Greensboro, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNC Greensboro 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 Greensboro.

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 Willthacheerleader18 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.