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Communication & Media Studies at Illinois State University

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Communication & Media Studies at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 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.

Illinois State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Illinois State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

80% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of communications master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Illinois State, 57% 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 Illinois State University with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 25
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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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