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Communication & Media Studies at Western Oregon University

Communication & Media Studies at Western Oregon University

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at Western Oregon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and has a total student population of 4,554.

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.

Western Oregon State College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Western Oregon State College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Western Oregon State College 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Western Oregon State College

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

Western Oregon State College Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Western Oregon State College since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Western Oregon University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 12
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Oregon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 23

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 OR, the home state for Western Oregon University.

Occupation Jobs in OR Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists 3,210 $66,800
Editors 1,080 $55,610
Writers and Authors 700 $69,050
Reporters and Correspondents 450 $48,960
Communications Professors 390 $80,700

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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