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Communication & Media Studies at San Diego State University

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Communication & Media Studies at San Diego State University

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received their master's degree in communications.

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.

SDSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications

SDSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

53% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of communications master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from SDSU, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 San Diego State University.

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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