Communication Sciences at California State University - East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and approximately 16,253 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - East Bay in 2021, 40 of them were communication sciences majors.

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

Cal State East Bay Communication Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences

Cal State East Bay Communication Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Cal State East Bay performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication sciences major at Cal State East Bay is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. 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
	11
	12
Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	46
Most Popular Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from Cal State East Bay. This makes it the #125 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal State East Bay Communication Sciences Graduates

The median salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State East Bay is $31,830. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $24,407 for all communication sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 communication sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State East Bay since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences 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 communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cal State East Bay Communication Sciences Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students graduated with a master's degree in communication sciences from Cal State East Bay. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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 communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Nursing
• Health Sciences & Services

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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
Speech-Language Pathologists	13,220	$93,510
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Audiologists	990	$100,960

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.