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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

7 Colleges
$32,860 Avg Salary
$25,228 Avg Student Debt

Communication & Journalism is the #12 most popular major in California with 17,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Academy of Art University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 33 students majoring in communication and journalism at Academy of Art University, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at National University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in California. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in communication and journalism at National University, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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#4

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in California. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 63% of the communication and journalism majors at the school.

Full Communication & Journalism at Brandman University Report

#5

Los Angeles Film School

Hollywood, CA

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Film School landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Hollywood, LA Film School is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Communication & Journalism at Los Angeles Film School Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Antelope Valley is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Lancaster, UAV is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at California Baptist University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in California. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

Women make up 72% of the communication and journalism majors at the school.

Full Communication & Journalism at California Baptist University Report

Best Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,086
Oregon 1,375
Hawaii 292
Nevada 523
Alaska 30

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Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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