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Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Berkeley

Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Berkeley

Every communication & media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the media studies program at University of California - Berkeley stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

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.

UC Berkeley Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies

UC Berkeley Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The media studies major at UC Berkeley 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.

Media Studies Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the media studies majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of media studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its media studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in media studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 68
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 58
White 70
International Students 40
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Careers That Media Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in media studies 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 University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820

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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