Communication & Media Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at University of Alaska Fairbanks stacks up to those at other schools.

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and approximately 6,813 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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.

UAF Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAF offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UAF Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UAF

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

UAF Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UAF awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UAF, 100% 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 University of Alaska Fairbanks with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Public Relations Specialists	410	$70,070
Reporters and Correspondents	140	$48,230
Writers and Authors	110	$64,200
Radio and Television Announcers	100	$46,530
Editors	50	$50,790

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 Burntorange72 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.