Best Colleges for Communication and Media Studies in California

Schools Ranked

$40,911

Avg. Program Earnings

64.3%

Avg. Graduation Rate

Top 25 Schools

College rankings
#	School	Median Earnings	Graduation Rate	School Type
1	Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, California	$49,868		private-nonprofit
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California	$47,473	92.9%	public
3	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California	$44,858	88.5%	private-nonprofit
4	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, California	$44,356	69.0%	private-nonprofit
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, California	$44,046	92.0%	private-nonprofit
6	San Francisco State University San Francisco, California	$43,937	50.1%	public
7	DeVry University-California Ontario, California	$42,123	42.9%	private-forprofit
8	California State University-East Bay Hayward, California	$42,012	45.5%	public
9	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California	$41,889	85.3%	public
10	San Jose State University San Jose, California	$41,286	64.7%	public
11	University of California-Davis Davis, California	$40,874	85.1%	public
12	Westmont College Santa Barbara, California	$40,402	70.1%	private-nonprofit
13	University of Phoenix-California Ontario, California	$40,233	18.4%	private-forprofit
14	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California	$40,140	79.8%	private-nonprofit
15	Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont, California	$39,729	31.5%	private-nonprofit
16	Pepperdine University Malibu, California	$39,369	84.7%	private-nonprofit
17	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California	$39,369	87.6%	public
18	University of San Francisco San Francisco, California	$38,829	71.1%	private-nonprofit
19	University of San Diego San Diego, California	$38,289	81.6%	private-nonprofit
20	California Baptist University Riverside, California	$38,289	59.5%	private-nonprofit
21	Ashford University San Diego, California	$37,748	8.8%	private-forprofit
22	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, California	$37,424	60.5%	public
23	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California	$37,057	69.2%	public
24	California State University-Chico Chico, California	$37,038	63.6%	public
25	Academy of Art University San Francisco, California	$36,132	40.5%	private-forprofit