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Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas

Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Arkansas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
  • 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

79% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of communications master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UARK, 93% 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 Arkansas with a master's in communications.

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at University of Arkansas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 10

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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