Communication & Media Studies at University of West Alabama

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at University of West Alabama. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,734.

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 West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at University of West Alabama 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.

Communications Student Demographics at University of West Alabama

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

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at University of West Alabama since its program graduates 4% 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 West Alabama with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of communications master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at University of West Alabama. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of West Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Communication & Media Studies	46

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 AL, the home state for University of West Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Jet Lowe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.