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Communication & Media Studies at Virginia Tech

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Communication & Media Studies at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 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.

Virginia Tech Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

Virginia Tech Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

40% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communications program at Virginia Tech awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. Virginia Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Virginia Tech, 80% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Public Relations Specialists 6,920 $78,410
Editors 3,450 $72,660
Writers and Authors 1,220 $68,600
Reporters and Correspondents 740 $49,530
Radio and Television Announcers 580 $43,660

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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