Communication & Media Studies at Wartburg College

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 Wartburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Wartburg is located in Waverly, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,563. In 2021, 17 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Wartburg.

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.

Wartburg Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Wartburg Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Wartburg compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Wartburg 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	87
	345
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	518
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	539
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	675

Earnings of Wartburg Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wartburg is $32,087. 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 Wartburg

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

Wartburg Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wartburg, about 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Wartburg since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Wartburg 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 Wartburg College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wartburg 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 IA, the home state for Wartburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

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 Me under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.