Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas

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 Arkansas stacks up to those at other schools.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 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.

UARK Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

UARK Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of communications master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. UARK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UARK, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.