Communication & Media Studies at University of St Francis

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

University of Saint Francis is located in Joliet, Illinois and approximately 3,529 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from University of Saint Francis.

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 Saint Francis Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

University of Saint Francis Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at University of Saint Francis 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 University of Saint Francis 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	611
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	639
	681

Earnings of University of Saint Francis Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at University of Saint Francis is $17,952. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at University of Saint Francis

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

University of Saint Francis Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from University of Saint Francis, about 57% were men and 43% 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 Saint Francis since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at University of Saint Francis are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of St Francis with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of Saint Francis 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 IL, the home state for University of St Francis.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.