Communication & Media Studies at California State University - Channel Islands

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 State University - Channel Islands stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUCI is located in Camarillo, California and approximately 7,446 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,147 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Channel Islands in 2021, 146 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.

CSUCI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CSUCI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at CSUCI 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 CSUCI 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	137
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	198

How Much Do Communications Graduates from CSUCI Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUCI is $35,360. This is 9% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at CSUCI

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

CSUCI Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUCI since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 State University - Channel Islands with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	63
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

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

Related Majors

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 State University - Channel Islands.

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 Stephen Schafer under License

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