Communication & Media Studies at Biola University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Biola University stacks up to those at other schools.

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and approximately 5,815 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Biola.

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

Biola Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Biola Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Biola 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 communications major at Biola is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	362
	391
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	566
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	602
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	607

Earnings of Biola Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Biola is $30,228. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Biola

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Biola University.

Biola Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at Biola awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820
Radio and Television Announcers	2,780	$78,840

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 Robert J. Boser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.