Communication & Media Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every communication and 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 Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070. In 2021, 257 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from VCU.

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.

VCU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

VCU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at VCU 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.

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in communications from VCU. This is the #254 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of VCU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $31,961. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 257 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at VCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	142
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

VCU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 communications major earned their master's degree from VCU.

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

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

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Public Relations Specialists	6,920	$78,410
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.