Communication & Media Studies at University of West Alabama

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

University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,734. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 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.

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at University of West Alabama

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, University of West Alabama does offer online courses in communications for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at University of West Alabama

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

University of West Alabama Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 21 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from University of West Alabama, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from University of West Alabama, 52% 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 38% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
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 AL, the home state for University of West Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Jet Lowe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.