Communication & Media Studies at University of Puget Sound

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 Puget Sound stacks up to those at other schools.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,130. In 2021, 32 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Puget Sound.

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.

Puget Sound Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Puget Sound Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound 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 Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	160
	206
	213
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	463
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	529
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	563

Earnings of Puget Sound Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Puget Sound is $35,004. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Puget Sound

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at Puget Sound awarded 32 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Puget Sound 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.