2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 256 people earned their degree in international and intercultural communication, making the major the 798th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 23 international and intercultural communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 international and intercultural communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international and intercultural communication. That schools that top this list have a program in international and intercultural communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication in California

1

Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

#19 overall quality in California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #1 spot on the list. Malibu, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international and intercultural communication degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International & Intercultural Communication at Pepperdine University

2

Pacific Union College
Angwin, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Union College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International and Intercultural Communication Major in California list. Pacific Union College is located in Angwin, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s international and intercultural communication degrees to qualified students.

Read more about International & Intercultural Communication at Pacific Union College

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.