Communication & Media Studies at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wyoming in 2021, 47 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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 Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UW Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how UW 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 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 Master’s Degree Schools	87
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	151
	158
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	330
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	349

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in communications from UW. This makes it the #161 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UW Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW is $30,273. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at UW awarded 47 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UW since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 6 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UW, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UW, 83% 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 Wyoming with a master's in communications.

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

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Public Relations Specialists	410	$58,430
Reporters and Correspondents	160	$30,900
Editors	110	$49,550
Radio and Television Announcers	80	$37,590
Communications Professors	40	$66,780

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.