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Communication & Media Studies at Wayne State College

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Communication & Media Studies at Wayne State College

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Wayne State College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and approximately 4,202 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from WSC.

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.

WSC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

WSC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at WSC 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 WSC 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 6
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools 327
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 407
433
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 452
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 576

Earnings of WSC Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSC is $30,657. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

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Communications Student Demographics at WSC

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

WSC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at WSC since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation Jobs in NE Average Salary in NE
Public Relations Specialists 1,370 $51,300
Editors 460 $47,910
Reporters and Correspondents 390 $39,510
Radio and Television Announcers 330 $38,940
Writers and Authors 220 $45,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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