Communication & Media Studies at Virginia Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan University stacks up to those at other schools.

VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,347. Of the 335 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Wesleyan University in 2021, 14 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.

VWU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

VWU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at VWU 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	244
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	594
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	746

Communications Student Demographics at VWU

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

VWU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at VWU since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at VWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

VWU 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 Wesleyan 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
• Image Credit: By Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.