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Communication & Media Studies at Pittsburg State University

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Communication & Media Studies at Pittsburg State University

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

Pitt State is located in Pittsburg, Kansas and approximately 6,398 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

Pitt State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Pitt State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Pitt State

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

Pitt State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

50% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Pitt State awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Pitt State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Pitt State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
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 KS, the home state for Pittsburg State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Public Relations Specialists 2,120 $56,170
Editors 530 $50,390
Radio and Television Announcers 530 $36,620
Reporters and Correspondents 260 $47,180
Writers and Authors 260 $62,670

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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