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Communications & media at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara graduates about 620 communications & media majors a year, 10% of its graduating class. That puts it 34th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $73,000 four years out, 1.29× what the same major pays nationally.

87/100Standout#34 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year62010% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$73,0001.29× the same major nationally
Admit rate38%whole school

Around UC Santa Barbara

The East Asian Library in Davidson Library, UCSB
East Asian Library of UCSBPhoto: AndyHe829 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
the Ti-Nspire CX ii CAS
CxcasiiPhoto: Prezi2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oneweb mission. This one involved the booster returning to base.
Spacex Launch as seen from UCSB (54239527832)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB (51203940477)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Student Communications Building, Social Sciences and Media Studies.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 88
  2. University of Virginia 88
  3. Cornell University 88
  4. University of Colorado Boulder 87
  5. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 87
  6. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 87
  7. University of Washington 87
  8. University of California, Berkeley 87

Other strong majors at UC Santa Barbara

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara 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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