Communication & Media Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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 Nevada - Las Vegas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in communications from UNLV. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 36% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UNLV, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$62,550
Editors	460	$56,790
Writers and Authors	310	$53,730
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$47,900
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$42,360

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.