Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern Indiana

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

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and has a total student population of 10,203. In 2021, 20 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from USI.

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.

USI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

USI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at USI 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 USI 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	240
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	489

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from USI. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from USI Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at USI is $31,869. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from USI. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at USI 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USI Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 communications majors earned their master's degree from USI. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from USI, 80% 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 Southern Indiana with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.