Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Spring Arbor University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in communications, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Spring Arbor was ranked #498 on College Factual's Best Schools for communications list. It is also ranked #15 in Michigan.
Here are some of the other rankings for Spring Arbor.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Spring Arbor paid an average of $725 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $29,872 | $29,872 |
Fees | $600 | $600 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,456 | $10,456 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,780 | $1,780 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Spring Arbor in Communications walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 10% higher than the national average of $24,445.
communications who receive their bachelor’s degree from Spring Arbor make an average of $36,668 a year during the early days of their career. That is 16% higher than the national average of $31,626.
Online degrees for the Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.8% of the communications students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.0%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at Spring Arbor in communications at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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 | 1 |
Other Communication & Media Studies | 10 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication and media studies.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Journalism | 2 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 4 |
Public Relations & Advertising | 1 |
*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.