Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and approximately 8,022 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from University of Southern Maine.

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.

University of Southern Maine Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

University of Southern Maine Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at University of Southern Maine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at University of Southern Maine 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 Schools	277
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588

Earnings of University of Southern Maine Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at University of Southern Maine is $31,339. 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 University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from University of Southern Maine in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Southern Maine since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at University of Southern Maine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of Southern Maine 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 ME, the home state for University of Southern Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Public Relations Specialists	1,390	$57,510
Editors	360	$50,650
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$42,650
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$36,810
Communications Professors	100	$62,060

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.