Communication & Media Studies at East Tennessee State University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what East Tennessee State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and approximately 13,713 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 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.

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at ETSU

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

ETSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 21 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from ETSU, about 52% were men and 48% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. ETSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from ETSU, 62% 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 East Tennessee State University with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 TN, the home state for East Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Radio and Television Announcers	600	$43,560
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290

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 Boboskaditdatin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.