The main focus area for this major is Communication & Media Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Fort Valley State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in communications, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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With an online bachelor's degree in communication you'll have the opportunity to pursue a multitude of career options. From journalism and social media, to public relations, advertising and mass media, earning your BA in communication will allow you to strategize and communicate your ideas.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The communications major at Fort Valley State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for Fort Valley State University.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Fort Valley State University paid an average of $616 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $169 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,064 | $14,786 |
Fees | $1,768 | $1,768 |
Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,372 | $8,372 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,000 | $5,000 |
Learn more about Fort Valley State University tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Communications students who received their bachelor’s degree at Fort Valley State University took out an average of $43,500 in student loans. That is 78% higher than the national average of $24,445.
Online degrees for the Fort Valley State University communications bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Fort Valley State University Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in communications in 2019-2020, 50.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 64.0%.
All of the communications bachelor’s degree recipients at Fort Valley State University in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 28 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Communication & Media Studies | 28 |
*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.