Communication & Journalism at California State University - Bakersfield

What traits are you looking for in a communication & journalism school? To help you decide if California State University - Bakersfield is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication & journalism program.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 11,745 students attend the school each year.

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

CSUB Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

CSUB Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at CSUB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Journalism. 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at CSUB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at California State University - Bakersfield.

CSUB Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	25
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at California State University - Bakersfield. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Bakersfield. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	109

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & journalism 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 State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.