Communication & Journalism at Sonoma State University

Every communication & journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication & journalism program at Sonoma State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and has a total student population of 8,018.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

SSU Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

SSU Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at SSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Journalism. 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at SSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Sonoma State University.

SSU Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical communication & journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SSU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication & journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

The following communication & journalism concentations are available at Sonoma State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sonoma State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	87

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & journalism 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 Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.