Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in communications, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 bachelor's program at Linfield was ranked #175 on College Factual's Best Schools for communications list. It is also ranked #1 in Oregon.
Here are some of the other rankings for Linfield.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Linfield paid an average of $1,390 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $44,450 | $44,450 |
Fees | $682 | $682 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,930 | $12,930 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,950 | $1,950 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Communications students who received their bachelor’s degree at Linfield took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $24,445.
communications who receive their bachelor’s degree from Linfield make an average of $35,864 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% higher than the national average of $31,626.
Online degrees for the Linfield 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 Linfield Online Learning page.
About 70.6% of the students who received their BA in communications in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 35.3% of the communications bachelor’s degrees at Linfield in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 11 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Speech Communication | 4 |
Communication & Media Studies | 13 |
*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.