Communication & Journalism at University of California - Irvine

If you plan to study communication and journalism, take a look at what University of California - Irvine has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from UC Irvine.

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.

UC Irvine Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UC Irvine Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication and journalism major at UC Irvine 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 UC Irvine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at University of California - Irvine.

UC Irvine Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Journalism from UC Irvine in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication and journalism 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 - Irvine with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in communication and journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Journalism	32

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and 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 University of California - Irvine.

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.