Sports Communication at Upper Iowa University

If you are interested in studying sports communication, you may want to check out the program at Upper Iowa University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in sports communication from UIU.

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.

UIU Sports Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Communication

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UIU does offer online education options in sports communication for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UIU Sports Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sports communication progam at UIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sports communication major at UIU 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
	31

Sports Communication Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Sports Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Communication from UIU in 2020-2021, 86% were men and 14% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sports communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.