Communication & Media Studies at Valley City State University

Every communication & 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 Valley City State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Valley City State University is located in Valley City, North Dakota and has a total student population of 1,676.

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.

Valley City State University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Valley City State University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Valley City State University 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 Valley City State University

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

Valley City State University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Valley City State University since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Valley City State University 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 Valley City State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Valley City State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	7
Communications	1

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 ND, the home state for Valley City State University.

Occupation	Jobs in ND	Average Salary in ND
Public Relations Specialists	480	$62,260
Reporters and Correspondents	250	$43,740
Writers and Authors	180	$48,060
Radio and Television Announcers	170	$34,920

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 Tim Evanson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.