Communication & Media Studies at California Lutheran University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what California Lutheran University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and has a total student population of 4,027. Of the 881 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Lutheran University in 2021, 62 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.

CLU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CLU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how CLU performed in these rankings.

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 CLU 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	163
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	266

How Much Do Communications Graduates from CLU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CLU is $31,193. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at CLU

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

CLU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from CLU. About 32% were men and 68% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Lutheran University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 Lutheran 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 Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.