Communication & Media Studies at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. In 2021, 311 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from San Jose 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.

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 San Jose 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
	54
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101
	109
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	140

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in communications from San Jose State. This makes it the #42 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from San Jose State Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $41,664. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 311 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from San Jose State. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Jose State University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	118
White	59
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in communications from San Jose State. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

San Jose 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
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.