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Communication & Media Studies at Chapman University

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Communication & Media Studies at Chapman University

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

Chapman is located in Orange, California and approximately 9,761 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,944 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Chapman University in 2021, 101 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.

Chapman Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Chapman Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how Chapman 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 Chapman 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 Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 143
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 168
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Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools 291
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 574

Earnings of Chapman Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Chapman is $33,002. This is 2% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

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Communications Student Demographics at Chapman

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

Chapman Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 101 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from Chapman. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women.

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About 50% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Chapman are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Chapman University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 51
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

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

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 Chapman University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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