Communication & Media Studies at Baylor 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 Baylor University stacks up to those at other schools.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 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.

Baylor Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

Baylor Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at Baylor awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Baylor does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Baylor, 68% 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 Baylor University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.