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Out of the majors we analyze each year, communication & media studies was ranked 7th in California. In fact, 7,332 were awarded in the state in <nil>. This means that 14.6% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 40 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication & media studies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the communication & media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Communications Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
Check out the communications programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
University of Southern California tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional communication & media studies students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California list.
The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 students are part time.
Full Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern California Report
San Jose State University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose. San Jose State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California list.
About 0.9% of San Jose State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,939 students take at least one class online at San Jose State. There are roughly 9,800 part time students in attendance at San Jose State.
Full Communication & Media Studies at San Jose State University Report
Our rankings recognize California State University - Fullerton as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.
About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. 10,634 students are part time.
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California State University - East Bay landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best communication & media studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 7,069 of Cal State East Bay students are exclusively distance learners. About 3,650 of the students at Cal State East Bay are attending part time.
Full Communication & Media Studies at California State University - East Bay Report
Our rankings recognize Santa Clara University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. SCU also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California rankings.
About 0.3% of SCU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,240 of SCU students are attending part time.
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California State University - Sacramento earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. 7,378 students are part time.
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University of California - Santa Barbara earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UCSB is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California list.
The student loan default rate at UCSB is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.
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San Francisco State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at SFSU is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,034 part time students in attendance at SFSU.
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University of California - Davis earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis. UC Davis not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. 1,668 of UC Davis students are attending part time.
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University of California - Berkeley comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California list.
The student loan default rate at UC Berkeley is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.
Full Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Berkeley Report
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