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Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 17,915. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UNCW.

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.

UNCW Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UNCW Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UNCW performed in these rankings.

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 UNCW 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 56
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 167
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools 189

Earnings of UNCW Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCW is $29,926. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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Communications Student Demographics at UNCW

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

UNCW Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 210 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UNCW in 2021, 34% were men and 66% were women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UNCW 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 Wilmington with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 174
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UNCW also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Wilmington.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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