Doctoral Program Profile: Communication Studies

This program is part of the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Additional information available here

Department Faculty: Communication Studies	Fall 2018
Total Faculty	21
Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty	16
Tenured Faculty	11
Non-tenured Faculty	5
Other Faculty/Instructors/Lecturers	5
Total Faculty FTE	18.0

Doctoral Enrollment	Fall 15-17 Avg	Fall 2018
Total	46.7	53
Full time	98.6%	94.3%
Minority	7.1%	13.2 %
International	13.6%	15.1 %
Female	49.3%	58.5%
Average Hours for Doctoral Students	7.4	5.8

Doctoral Program Admissions: Summer / Fall 2016, 2017, & 2018
2016 - 2018	3-Year Average	Mean GPA	Mean Verbal GRE	Mean Quantitative GRE	Mean Analytical GRE
Applications	30.7	3.8	152.0	147.3	4.0
Admissions	18.7	3.8	155.3	148.4	4.3
Matriculations	9.0	3.8	152.6	145.8	4.2

GRE scores included if submitted by 60% of applicants. See program website for exact admissions requirements.

Support for Fall 2018 Doctoral Students	Head Count	Avg AY Amount
Number Receiving Support / Average Per-Student Support (excluding loans)	46	$24,319
Number Receiving Educational Loans / Average Amount	17	$11,157

Type of Support	Head Count
GTAs	34
GAs	34
GRAs	2
Other Institutional Support	45
External Support	1

Students may have more than one type of support.

Support for Fall 2018 Masters Students	Head Count	Avg AY Amount
Number Receiving Support / Average Per-Student Support (excluding loans)	46	$24,319
Number Receiving Educational Loans / Average Amount	17	$11,157

Includes support disbursed through or recorded in the university HR Pay, financial aid, or third party payment systems as of March 29, 2019. KUMC support included whenever possible. Some external support may not be included. Assistantships as of Fall 2018 calculated for 9 months; assistantships may be outside program. Other institutional support may include tuition waivers and adjustments, scholarships, grants and fellowships, and other grant-funded or institutional support.

Doctoral Degrees Completed \ Median Years to Degree				% of Degrees Completed
Year of Completion (Su\Fa\Sp)	Count	Yrs to Degr from 1st Graduate Enrl	Yrs to Degr from 1st Doctoral Enrl	Within 5 Yrs	Within 7 Yrs	Within 10 Yrs
FY 2013 - 2015	24	4.7	3.9	76.2%	100.0%	100.0%
FY 2016 - 2018	23	5.7	4.9	52.2%	91.3%	95.7%

Employer or Training Type
Postdoctoral Plans of Doctoral Degree Recipients FY 2013 - 2018	Higher Education in U.S.	Education - Other	Government	Private Sector or Other	No Response or No Survey	Total
Firm plans for postdoc or further training
Firm plans for employment	25			2		27
Negotiating with a specific organization, or more than one	1					2
Seeking appointment but have no specific prospects	9	1	1	1		12
Other student-specific response	3					4
No response / did not take survey					2	2

Source: Doctoral Completions Survey. Postdoctoral plans as reported at time of dissertation submission.

Generated on 04/24/19 by Analytics & Institutional Resear