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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in California

13 Colleges
$35,856 Avg Salary
$20,624 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular online programs 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 Colleges.

#1

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Santa Monica College the most popular online school in California for communication and journalism students. Located in the small city of Santa Monica, SMC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

College of San Mateo

San Mateo, CA

Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, College of San Mateo landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSM is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo.

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#4

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent online programs at Academy of Art University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, communication and journalism graduates from Academy of Art University take out $24,875 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#5

Solano Community College

Fairfield, CA

Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Solano Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Solano College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

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#6

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #6, National University did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and journalism students. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

With a ranking of #7, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and journalism students. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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#8

Compton College

Compton, CA

Compton College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #8 on the list. Compton College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Compton.

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#9

Los Angeles Harbor College

Wilmington, CA

Los Angeles Harbor College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Wilmington, LAHC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Antelope Valley landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best communication and journalism programs. Located in the large suburb of Lancaster, UAV is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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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 13 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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