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Communication & Media Studies at Ball State University

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Communication & Media Studies at Ball State University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Ball State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received their master's degree in communications.

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.

Ball State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Ball State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

78% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Ball State awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Ball State, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists 3,850 $53,870
Editors 1,110 $51,800
Reporters and Correspondents 820 $46,830
Radio and Television Announcers 510 $43,160

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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