Communication & Media Studies at Washington State University

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

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 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.

Wazzu Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications
• Doctorate Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Wazzu

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Wazzu offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

Wazzu Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at Wazzu awarded 41 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Wazzu, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 {} under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.