Communication & Media Studies at University of Washington - Bothell Campus

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 Washington - Bothell Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Bothell is located in Bothell, Washington and has a total student population of 6,304. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 153 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UW Bothell.

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.

UW Bothell Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

UW Bothell Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UW Bothell 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 UW Bothell 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 Schools	68
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281

Earnings of UW Bothell Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Bothell is $37,823. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UW Bothell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Washington - Bothell Campus.

UW Bothell Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 153 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from UW Bothell. About 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Bothell since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Washington - Bothell Campus with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	41
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UW Bothell 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Bothell Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.