Communication & Media Studies at University of Kansas

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 Kansas stacks up to those at other schools.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

KU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications
• Doctorate Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at KU

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? KU offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

KU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 communications majors earned their master's degree from KU. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. KU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from KU, 67% 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 Kansas with a master's in communications.

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Public Relations Specialists	2,120	$56,170
Editors	530	$50,390
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$36,620
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$47,180
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.