Communication & Media Studies at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 337 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from SFSU.

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.

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how SFSU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at SFSU 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	19
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	25
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in communications from SFSU. This makes it the #161 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from SFSU Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $42,620. This is 31% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 337 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from SFSU in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 San Francisco State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	111
White	94
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at SFSU awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SFSU 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 San Francisco State 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.