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Communications at University of San Diego

Communications at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 8,861.

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

USD Communications Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts

USD Communications Rankings

The communication arts major at USD 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 USD

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

USD Communications Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of communication arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication arts 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 communication arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 54
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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