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Communications & media at UC San Diego

UC San Diego graduates about 244 communications & media majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 67th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $67,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally.

82/100Standout#67 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year2443% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$67,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$819Ka year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school

Around UC San Diego

Atkinson Hall at the University of California, San Diego, housing the Qualcomm I
Qualcomm InstitutePhoto: TritonsRising · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Bear (2)Photo: SheepTester · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Earl Warren College
Earl Warren College 5 2017-10-19Photo: FASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory at UCSD
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems LaboratoryPhoto: Alan Islas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Communications.

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 63 · Academic 62 · Dorm 38 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Library 5.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Washington State University 82
  2. Texas A&M University 82
  3. University of Maryland, College Park 82
  4. University of Mississippi 82
  5. Hofstra University 82
  6. Furman University 82
  7. The University of Alabama 81
  8. Brigham Young University 81

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC San Diego with every school we score in communications & media. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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