Communication & Media Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

UTSA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

UTSA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 14 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTSA, about 36% were men and 64% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. UTSA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 63% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.