Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 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.

USC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

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

USC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 students graduated with a master's degree in communications from USC. About 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the communications master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% 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 communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	55
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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