Communication & Journalism at University of California - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a communication and journalism school? To help you decide if University of California - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication and journalism program.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. Of the 10,102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles in 2021, 185 of them were communication and journalism majors.

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.

UCLA Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

UCLA Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication and journalism major at UCLA 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 UCLA

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

UCLA Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The communication and journalism program at UCLA awarded 185 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	69
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UCLA 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

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	185

Related Majors

• Library Science
• Education
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology

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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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