Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 462 students received a bachelor's degree in communications from UCSB.

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.

UCSB Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

UCSB Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at UCSB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCSB 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	218
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	246

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in communications from UCSB. This makes it the #219 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Communications Graduates from UCSB Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSB is $41,054. This is 27% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 462 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from UCSB in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	81
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	180
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

UCSB Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

The communications program at UCSB awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from UCSB, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCSB also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 University of California - Santa Barbara.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.