Communication & Media Studies at University of St. Thomas

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at University of St. Thomas stacks up to those at other schools.

UST is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,692. In 2021, 24 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UST.

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.

UST Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UST Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UST 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 UST 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	429
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	460
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	480
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	498

Earnings of UST Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UST is $29,746. 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 UST

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

UST Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at UST awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UST since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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. Thomas with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UST 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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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
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