Mass Communication & Media Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Mass Communication & Media Studies degree recipients are New York, NY, Gainesville, FL, and Bloomington, IN. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Mass Communication & Media Studies degree recipients are Sweetwater, FL, Elsah, IL, and Granville, OH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Mass Communication & Media Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Mass Communication & Media Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of Florida awards the most degrees in Mass Communication & Media Studies in the US, but Wilberforce University and Lane College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies.
Tuition costs for Mass Communication & Media Studies majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $34,680 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Mass Communication & Media Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (179 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (6,982 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (6,982 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Mass Communication & Media Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Florida has the most Mass Communication & Media Studies degree recipients, with 432 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Mass Communication & Media Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Wilberforce University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies, with 10.9%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Communications graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Communications majors is $90,232 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Communications majors is uninformed, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing.
The average salary for Communications majors is $90,232 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Communications majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Communications majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communications majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Communications majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Communications majors working as News analysts, reporters & correspondents, Public relations specialists, and Public relations & fundraising managers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Communications majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Communications graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.18%, from 2.44M in 2022 to 2.52M in 2023.
The largest single share of Communications graduates go on to work as Other managers (5.1%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Communications by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Communications majors, by number of employees, are uninformed, Elementary & secondary schools, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Communications majors, by average wage, are Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing, Oil & gas extraction, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Communications graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.18%, from 2.44M in 2022 to 2.52M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Communications graduates by share is uninformed, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Communications.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Communications majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communications majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Communications in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Communications is 40.8.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Communications degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Communications (4,751 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Communications. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 32 years old, which represent 3.29% and 3.17% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Mass Communication & Media Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Communications are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Mass Communication & Media Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Mass Communication & Media Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Mass Communication & Media Studies.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Antigua & Barbuda that hold Communications degrees (6.61 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (18,434 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Mass Communication & Media Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mass Communication & Media Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Writing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Mass Communication & Media Studies majors need more than the average amount of Writing, Reading Comprehension, and Social Perceptiveness.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Mass Communication & Media Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Writing is very distinctive for majors, but the Writing, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
