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Communication & Media Studies at Drake University

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Communication & Media Studies at Drake University

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Drake University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 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.

Drake Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Drake Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

68% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 41 students who earned a master's degree in Communication & Media Studies from Drake in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Drake does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Drake, 78% 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 Drake University with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists 1,820 $56,880
Editors 940 $51,480
Reporters and Correspondents 560 $32,650
Radio and Television Announcers 530 $34,870
Communications Professors 480 $88,340

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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