Communication & Journalism at California State University - Monterey Bay

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

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and has a total student population of 7,409.

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

CSUMB Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

CSUMB Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at CSUMB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at CSUMB

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

CSUMB Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical communication & journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUMB since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & 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 - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Monterey Bay. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	53

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & 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 - Monterey Bay.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.