Communication & Media Studies at Whitworth University

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

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from Whitworth.

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.

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Whitworth 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 Whitworth 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	735
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	912

Communications Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Whitworth in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Whitworth 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 Whitworth 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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.