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Communication & Media Studies at Sacred Heart University

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Communication & Media Studies at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year. 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.

Sacred Heart Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Sacred Heart Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

35% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 communications majors earned their master's degree from Sacred Heart. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Sacred Heart, 74% 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 Sacred Heart 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 3
White 17
International Students 1
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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists 1,780 $73,600
Editors 950 $71,260
Writers and Authors 560 $78,440
Radio and Television Announcers 390 $42,320
Communications Professors 270 $83,720

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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