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Communication & Media Studies at Valparaiso University

Communication & Media Studies at Valparaiso University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Valparaiso University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Valpo is located in Valparaiso, Indiana and approximately 3,122 students attend the school each year.

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.

Valpo Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Valpo Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Valpo 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 Valpo

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

Valpo Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Valpo 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 Valparaiso University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 2
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 Valparaiso University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications 12

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 IN, the home state for Valparaiso University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists 3,850 $53,870
Editors 1,110 $51,800
Reporters and Correspondents 820 $46,830
Radio and Television Announcers 510 $43,160

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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