Communication & Media Studies at California University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at California University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,885. Of the 1,119 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 13 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.

Cal U Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Cal U Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Cal U 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 Cal U 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 Schools	264
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	897

How Much Do Communications Graduates from Cal U Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal U is $35,303. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at Cal U

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

Cal U Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Cal U. About 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal U since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Cal U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cal U 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 PA, the home state for California University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Wjmoore17 under License

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