Communications at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you plan to study communications, take a look at what The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 32,441.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications section at the bottom of this page.

UT Rio Grande Valley Communications Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

UT Rio Grande Valley Communications Rankings

Communication Arts Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication arts majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Communications Master’s Program

64% Women

93% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in communication arts each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the communication arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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 Rio Grande Valley.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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