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Communication & Media Studies at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Communication & Media Studies at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year.

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 Poly San Luis Obispo Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

Communications Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 39
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 111

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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