Communication & Media Studies at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,630 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University in 2021, 105 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

WWU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

WWU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at WWU 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	165

Earnings of WWU Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at WWU is $32,487. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from WWU in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	64
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.