Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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 Pembroke stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,262. Of the 1,357 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 2021, 51 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 Pembroke Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UNC Pembroke Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UNC Pembroke 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 UNC Pembroke 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	359
	590
	615
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	616

Earnings of UNC Pembroke Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Pembroke is $25,546. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UNC Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Pembroke, about 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Pembroke since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Pembroke with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UNC Pembroke 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 Pembroke.

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 Jopparn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.