Communication & Media Studies at California State University - Northridge

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381.

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.

CSUN Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

CSUN Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at CSUN 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.

Communications Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 - Northridge with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	100
White	69
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

CSUN Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

57% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of communications master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. CSUN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	367

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 - Northridge.

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
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