Communication & Media Studies at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 8,861. In 2021, 100 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from USD.

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.

USD Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

USD Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at USD 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 USD 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
	60

Earnings of USD Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $39,639. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of San Diego.

USD Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from USD. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at USD are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of San Diego with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	61
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

USD also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 San Diego.

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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.