Communication & Media Studies at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381. In 2021, 336 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUN.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how CSUN 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	144
	201
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	335

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in communications from CSUN. This makes it the #25 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSUN Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUN is $33,193. This is 2% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 336 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from CSUN in 2021, 44% were men and 56% were 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 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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	20
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	139
White	97
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

CSUN Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at CSUN awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 - 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
• Image Credit: By Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.