Journalism at California State University - Long Beach

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at California State University - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069. Of the 9,179 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 109 of them were journalism majors.

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

CSULB Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

CSULB Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how CSULB performed in these rankings.

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 journalism major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Journalism Schools	51
	150
	156

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from CSULB Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $29,760. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 109 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from CSULB in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.