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Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Charlotte has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146.

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.

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
  • Master’s Degree in Communications

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

93% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of communications master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 9

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists 4,750 $64,450
Editors 2,090 $67,450
Communications Professors 1,000 $65,770
Writers and Authors 950 $67,250
Reporters and Correspondents 930 $41,660

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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