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Communication & Media Studies at Northeastern Illinois University

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Communication & Media Studies at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,119 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

Northeastern Illinois University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Northeastern Illinois University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

79% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Northeastern Illinois University awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

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In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 5
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 IL, the home state for Northeastern Illinois 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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