Communication & Media Studies at Western Colorado University

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 Western Colorado University stacks up to those at other schools.

Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,203. In 2021, 15 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Western.

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 Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Western Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Western performed in these rankings.

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 Western 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	335
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	360
	517
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	718

Earnings of Western Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Western is $28,244. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Western

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

Western Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Western. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Western since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Western 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 Western Colorado University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Western 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 CO, the home state for Western Colorado University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Public Relations Specialists	5,180	$66,510
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Communications Professors	620	$58,270
Reporters and Correspondents	570	$55,930

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 Draconrex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.