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DePaul University BA in Communication & Media Studies

168 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$34,501 Average Salary
$24,500 Average Student Debt

Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at DePaul 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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Rankings for the DePaul BA in Communications

#267 in the U.S
#10 in Illinois

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 DePaul was ranked #267 on College Factual's Best Schools for communications list. It is also ranked #10 in Illinois.

Here are some of the other rankings for DePaul.

Ranking TypeRank
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies48
Most Popular Colleges for Communication & Media Studies80
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies86
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies99
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Communication & Media Studies Graduates101
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools114
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies120
Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans145
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k)209
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)219
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)220
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)220
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)224
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)227
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools245
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Communication & Media Studies Graduates257
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools267
Highest Paid Communication & Media Studies Graduates268
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans277
Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges for Veterans289
Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Media Studies365
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies377
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies621
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies633
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k)633
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)655
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)661
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k)667
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)682
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)683
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)687
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)689
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)694
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)715
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)720
Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)722

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Communications from DePaul Cost?

$41,202 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$24,500 Average Student Debt

DePaul Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at DePaul paid an average of $655 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$40,551$40,551
Fees$651$651
Books and Supplies$1,104$1,104
On Campus Room and Board$15,093$15,093
On Campus Other Expenses$2,394$2,394

Learn more about DePaul tuition and fees.

DePaul 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at DePaul in Communications walked away with an average of $24,500 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $24,445.

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How Much Can You Make With a BA in Communications From DePaul?

$34,501 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

communications who receive their bachelor’s degree from DePaul make an average of $34,501 a year during the early days of their career. That is 9% higher than the national average of $31,626.

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Does DePaul Offer an Online BA in Communications?

DePaul does not offer an online option for its communications bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the DePaul Online Learning page.

DePaul Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Communications

168 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
66.7% Women
34.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 168 bachelor’s degrees in communications handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 66.7% of the students who received their BA in communications in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.0%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in communications at DePaul in 2019-2020, 34.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 36%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian8
Black or African American14
Hispanic or Latino27
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White103
International Students4
Other Races/Ethnicities12

BA in Communications Focus Areas at DePaul

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Speech Communication40
Communication & Media Studies128

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

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Journalism42
Public Relations & Advertising189

View All Communication & Media Studies Related Majors >

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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