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Pennsylvania State University - World Campus BA in Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in communications, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State World Campus BA in Communications

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 communications major at Penn State World Campus 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 Penn State World Campus.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools 124
Highest Paid Communication & Media Studies Graduates 283
Most Popular Colleges for Communication & Media Studies 1,164
Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Media Studies 1,220

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Communications from Penn State World Campus Cost?

$13,988 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State World Campus Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State World Campus paid an average of $555 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
Tuition $13,484 $13,484
Fees $504 $504
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State World Campus tuition and fees.

Penn State World Campus Communications BA Student Debt

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 Penn State World Campus took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $24,445.

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How Much Can You Make With a BA in Communications From Penn State World Campus?

$31,000 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

communications who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State World Campus make an average of $31,000 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $31,626.

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Does Penn State World Campus Offer an Online BA in Communications?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the communications bachelor’s degree program at Penn State World Campus. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State World Campus Online Learning page.

Penn State World Campus Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Communications

2 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 2 students received their bachelor’s degree in communications. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

None of the students who received their BA in communications in 2018-2019 were women.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the communications bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State World Campus in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

BA in Communications Focus Areas at Penn State World Campus

Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Speech Communication 1
Other Communication & Media Studies 1

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication and media studies.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Journalism 3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 3
Public Relations & Advertising 61
Communication & Journalism (Other) 2

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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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