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Communication & Media Studies at Wheaton College Illinois

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Communication & Media Studies at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,908. Of the 661 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 29 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.

Wheaton College Illinois Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Wheaton College Illinois Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois 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 Communication & Media Studies Schools 94
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 253
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 301
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools 361
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 391
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools 495

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Wheaton College Illinois Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wheaton College Illinois is $34,982. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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Communications Student Demographics at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Wheaton College Illinois in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Wheaton College Illinois since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois with a bachelor's in communications.

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

Wheaton College Illinois 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 IL, the home state for Wheaton College Illinois.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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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