Communications at Wake Forest University

Every communications school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication arts program at Wake Forest University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

Wake Forest University Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts
• Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

Wake Forest University Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at Wake Forest University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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.

Communication Arts Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at Wake Forest University.

Wake Forest University Communications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communication arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts at Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	82
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Wake Forest University Communications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication arts master's degree from Wake Forest University, 60% 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 Wake Forest University with a master's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.