Communication & Media Studies at University of San Francisco

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

USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 10,068 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,682 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of San Francisco in 2021, 95 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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.

USFCA Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

USFCA Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how USFCA performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at USFCA 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
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	19
	31
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	303
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	363
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in communications from USFCA. This makes it the #34 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USFCA Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at USFCA is $41,755. This is 29% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at USFCA

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

USFCA Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 communications majors earned their bachelor's degree from USFCA. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 San Francisco with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	28
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

USFCA Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 23 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USFCA, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising

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 Francisco.

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 Eric Chan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.