Sports Communication at Butler University

What traits are you looking for in a sports communication school? To help you decide if Butler University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sports communication program.

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 5,544. In 2021, 15 sports communication majors received their bachelor's degree from Butler.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Butler Sports Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Communication

Butler Sports Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sports communication programs across the country. The following shows how Butler performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sports communication major at Butler is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Communication. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	10
	11
	14
	16

Sports Communication Student Demographics at Butler

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sports communication majors at Butler University.

Butler Sports Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Communication from Butler in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical sports communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Butler since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sports communication at Butler are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Butler University with a bachelor's in sports communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Butler also has a doctoral program available in sports communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication
• Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

Careers That Sports Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.