Communication & Media Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Austin is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Austin Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

UT Austin Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of communications master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UT Austin, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	5

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.