Communication & Journalism at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 395 students received their master's degree in communication and journalism.

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

USC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication & Journalism
• Doctorate Degree in Communication & Journalism

USC Communication & Journalism Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in communication and journalism, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at University of Southern California.

USC Communication & Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 395 communication and journalism students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 22% were men and 78% were women.

In the communication and journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	97
International Students	130
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	231
Public Relations & Advertising	100
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	48
Journalism	36

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Library Science
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and journalism 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 Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.