Communication & Media Studies at California State University - East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and approximately 16,253 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 147 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay.

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 State East Bay Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

Cal State East Bay Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Cal State East Bay 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 Cal State East Bay 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
	69
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	181
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	342

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in communications from Cal State East Bay. This makes it the #182 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Cal State East Bay Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State East Bay is $35,332. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 147 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State East Bay since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 - East Bay with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	17
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Cal State East Bay Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in communications from Cal State East Bay in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. Cal State East Bay does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - East Bay with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 - East Bay.

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.