Communication & Media Studies at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Rhode Island. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 176 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from URI.

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.

URI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

URI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at URI 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 URI 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
	201

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in communications from URI. This makes it the #130 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $35,256. This is 9% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 176 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from URI in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	123
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

URI Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in communications from URI. About 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. URI does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from URI, 88% 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 Rhode Island with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Editors	200	$66,900
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.