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Communication & Media Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

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Communication & Media Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

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

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

RIT Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

RIT Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

89% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 9 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from RIT, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

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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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Rochester Institute of Technology.

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

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*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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