Communication & Media Studies at Purdue University - Main Campus

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 186 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.

Purdue Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications
• Doctorate Degree in Communications

Purdue Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 186 students earned a master's degree in communications from Purdue. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Purdue, 73% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	135
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.