Communication & Media Studies at Washburn University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Washburn University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Washburn University is located in Topeka, Kansas and has a total student population of 5,880. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Washburn University.

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.

Washburn University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Washburn University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Washburn University 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	322

Earnings of Washburn University Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Washburn University is $34,706. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Washburn University

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

Washburn University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Washburn University in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Washburn University since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Washburn 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 Washburn University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	34
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 KS, the home state for Washburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Public Relations Specialists	2,120	$56,170
Editors	530	$50,390
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$36,620
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$47,180
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670

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 Marion Doss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.