Communication & Media Studies at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470. Of the 7,272 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Columbia in 2021, 103 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.

UofSC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Doctorate Degree in Communications

UofSC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UofSC 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 UofSC 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 Focused Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	757

Earnings of UofSC Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UofSC is $28,824. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 103 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UofSC in 2020-2021, 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 UofSC since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	75
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UofSC also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 2 students 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$49,430

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.