Communication & Media Studies at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from Stanford.

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.

Stanford Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

Stanford Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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

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 Stanford 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 Master’s Degree Schools	22
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	46
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	61

In 2021, 35 students received their master’s degree in communications from Stanford. This makes it the #22 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Stanford Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at Stanford awarded 35 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. Stanford does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 2 students 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 CA, the home state for Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.