If you pursue a degree in communications, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #67 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communications. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,745 degrees in communications annually.
Your choice of communications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communications Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the communication arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a degree in communications. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 592 communications students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
University of California - Davis is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in communications. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were roughly 293 communications students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - San Diego is a great decision for students interested in a degree in communications. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were about 286 communications students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
Pepperdine University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in communications. Pepperdine is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Malibu. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pepperdine is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 communications students who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 74 communications students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 16 communications students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 37th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 33 communications students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Santa Clarita, The Master's University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 15 communications students who graduated with this degree at The Master's University in the most recent year we have data available.
Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Irvine. This university ranks 67th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 19 communications students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of communications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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