Communications at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying communications, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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

UCLA Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts
• Master’s Degree in Communication Arts

UCLA Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications. 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 Arts Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Communications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication arts 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 arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	68
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UCLA Communications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of communication arts master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in communication arts each year. UCLA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the communication arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 11% better 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 master's in communication arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Communication Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication arts 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
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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.