Communication & Media Studies at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

URI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

URI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in communications from URI. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. URI does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from URI, 88% 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 Rhode Island with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Editors	200	$66,900
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.