Communication & Media Studies at Winthrop University

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

Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and has a total student population of 5,576. In 2021, 28 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Winthrop.

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.

Winthrop Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Winthrop Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Winthrop 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 Winthrop 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	482
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	507
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	530

Earnings of Winthrop Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Winthrop is $25,947. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Winthrop

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

Winthrop Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Winthrop. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Winthrop University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 SC, the home state for Winthrop University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$49,430

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.