Communication & Media Studies at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and approximately 11,989 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 114 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from UW - Whitewater.

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 - Whitewater Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW - Whitewater

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UW - Whitewater offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UW - Whitewater Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UW - Whitewater performed in these rankings.

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 UW - Whitewater 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	37
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	115

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in communications from UW - Whitewater. This makes it the #219 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW - Whitewater Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Whitewater is $36,797. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from UW - Whitewater in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UW - Whitewater 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 Wisconsin - Whitewater with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	91
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW - Whitewater Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UW - Whitewater in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UW - Whitewater, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Whitewater also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Public Relations Specialists	3,860	$61,060
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Reporters and Correspondents	630	$34,180
Radio and Television Announcers	620	$53,020
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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 Thebox193 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.