College of Communication and Information
www.kent.edu/cci


About This Program

Kent State's Ph.D. degree in Communication and Information offers a flexible and interdisciplinary curriculum that prepares you for a career as a faculty in higher education or as a researcher in communication, media, or information industries. Through coursework and research, you'll gain an integrative view of the disciplines of communication, media and information while specializing in research topics that intersect these disciplines. Read more...

Contact Information

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*

Communications teachers, postsecondary

  • 3.2% about as fast as the average
  • 35,600 number of jobs
  • $71,030 potential earnings

Library science teachers, postsecondary

  • 3.0% about as fast as the average
  • 5,400 number of jobs
  • $71,580 potential earnings

Media and communication workers, all other

  • 8.1% much faster than the average
  • 35,200 number of jobs
  • $49,730 potential earnings

Web developers and digital interface designers

  • 8.0% much faster than the average
  • 174,300 number of jobs
  • $77,200 potential earnings

* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.