Communication & Media Studies at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. In 2021, 488 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Sac State.

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.

Sac State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Sac State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Sac State 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 communications major at Sac State 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 Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	241

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in communications from Sac State. This makes it the #203 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Sac State Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $36,922. This is 14% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 488 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Sac State, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 7% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	155
White	155
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	67

Sac State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in communications from Sac State in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.