Communication & Media Studies at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

UW Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

UW Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in communications from UW. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UW, 83% 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 Wyoming with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Public Relations Specialists	410	$58,430
Reporters and Correspondents	160	$30,900
Editors	110	$49,550
Radio and Television Announcers	80	$37,590
Communications Professors	40	$66,780

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.