Communication & Media Studies at California Baptist 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 California Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Baptist is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 11,317. Of the 2,008 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Baptist University in 2021, 64 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

Cal Baptist Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Cal Baptist

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cal Baptist offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Cal Baptist Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Cal Baptist 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 Cal Baptist 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 Master’s Degree Schools	180
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	480
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	515

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in communications from Cal Baptist. This is the #254 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Cal Baptist Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Baptist is $35,400. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Cal Baptist

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

Cal Baptist Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Cal Baptist. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 California Baptist University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Cal Baptist Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 communications major earned their master's degree from Cal Baptist.

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

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

Cal Baptist 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 California Baptist 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 Jeremylofgren under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.