Communication & Media Studies at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 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.

UCSD Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communications
• Doctorate Degree in Communications

UCSD Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in communications from UCSD in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 University of California - San Diego.

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.