Communication & Media Studies at Regent University

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

Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 10,483. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 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.

Regent Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Regent Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Regent

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

Regent Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 communications majors earned their master's degree from Regent. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Regent does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 VA, the home state for Regent University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Public Relations Specialists	6,920	$78,410
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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 DebateLord under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.