Communication & Media Studies at Wisconsin Lutheran College

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Wisconsin Lutheran College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 1,166 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from WLC.

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.

WLC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

WLC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how WLC performed in these rankings.

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 WLC 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
	21
	23
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	353
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	680

Communications Student Demographics at WLC

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

WLC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WLC, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at WLC since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Public Relations Specialists	3,860	$61,060
Editors	1,580	$48,630
Reporters and Correspondents	630	$34,180
Radio and Television Announcers	620	$53,020
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.