Communication & Media Studies at California State University - San Marcos

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

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and has a total student population of 16,367. Of the 3,749 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - San Marcos in 2021, 231 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

CSUSM Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

CSUSM Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at CSUSM compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 CSUSM 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
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	109
	171

Earnings of CSUSM Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSM is $35,822. This is 10% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

The communications program at CSUSM awarded 231 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	87
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

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

Related Majors

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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

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