2025 Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in California

A degree in communication management and strategic communications is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #352 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 degrees in communication management and strategic communications annually.

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Communication Management and Strategic Communications Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Communication Management and Strategic Communications in California

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 management and strategic communications degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Communication Management and Strategic Communications

1

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Communication Management and Strategic Communications Degrees Awarded

California Lutheran University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication management and strategic communications. CLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks.More information about a degree in communication management and strategic communications from California Lutheran University

2

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in communication management and strategic communications has to look into California Baptist University. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Riverside.More information about a degree in communication management and strategic communications from California Baptist University

Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Rankings in Majors Related to Communication Management and Strategic Communications

Communication Management and Strategic Communications is one of 10 different types of Public Relations & Advertising programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Communication Management and Strategic Communications

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations	289
Advertising	183
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	150
International & Intercultural Communication	59
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	58
Health Communication	56
General Organizational Communication	41
Technical & Scientific Communication	7
Political Communication	1

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.