Communication & Media Studies at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year.

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.

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
Master’s Degree in Communications

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

29% Women

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of communications master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 35% more men than average.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Jose State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	21

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 Jose 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
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