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Communication & Media Studies at Westfield State University

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Communication & Media Studies at Westfield State University

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

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,395. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Westfield.

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.

Westfield Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Westfield Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Westfield 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 202
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 241
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 497
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools 520

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Westfield Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Westfield is $33,563. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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Communications Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 76 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Westfield in 2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 59
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Westfield 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Editors 3,160 $89,280
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000
Reporters and Correspondents 1,050 $53,140
Communications Professors 530 $79,930

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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