Communication & Media Studies at California State University - Dominguez Hills

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 - Dominguez Hills stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUDH is located in Carson, California and has a total student population of 18,687. Of the 3,776 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Dominguez Hills in 2021, 25 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.

CSUDH Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CSUDH Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at CSUDH 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 CSUDH 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	258
	323
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	475
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	543
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,090

Earnings of CSUDH Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUDH is $33,504. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at CSUDH

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

CSUDH Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from CSUDH. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUDH since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 - Dominguez Hills with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 State University - Dominguez Hills.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.