Communication & Media Studies at Marist College

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Marist College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 6,600 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 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.

Marist Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Marist

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Marist does offer online courses in communications for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Marist Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Marist

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

Marist Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in communications from Marist. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Marist, 100% 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 Marist College with a master's in communications.

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 NY, the home state for Marist College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.