Communication & Media Studies at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 6 communications students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SFSU, about 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in communications each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 Francisco 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.