Communication Sciences at California State University - Northridge

What traits are you looking for in a communication sciences school? To help you decide if California State University - Northridge is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication sciences program.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 students received their master's degree in communication sciences.

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

CSUN Communication Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at CSUN

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, CSUN does offer online courses in communication sciences for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

CSUN Communication Sciences Rankings

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at CSUN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication sciences majors at California State University - Northridge.

CSUN Communication Sciences Master’s Program

The communication sciences program at CSUN awarded 100 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 5% men graduate in communication sciences each year. CSUN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a master's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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 California State University - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Speech-Language Pathologists	13,220	$93,510
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Audiologists	990	$100,960

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.