What students report

92% recommend

Review sample

  • Freshman120%
  • Sophomore240%
  • Junior120%
  • Senior120%
Career prospectsSimilar

0.0/5 here

About typical for this major

Elsewhere 3.4Here 3.3
Enjoyment+0.3

0.0/5 here

Higher enjoyment here

Elsewhere 3.9Here 4.2
Difficulty-0.3

0.0/5 here

Less difficult here

Elsewhere 3.1Here 2.8

What stands out

  • Higher enjoyment. Enjoyment is 0.3 points higher than the same major at other schools.
  • Less difficult. Difficulty is 0.3 points lower than the same major at other schools.

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Anonymous student
I enjoy the variety that Communication offers. At UCLA, for the upper division courses, there are 4 pillars: Political/Legal, Technology, Interpersonal, and Mass Media. We have to take classes from all pillars so we truly get an…

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Anonymous student
i think that it has been a good major for public speaking and refined my writing skills. it has taught me good study habits as well

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Anonymous student
Really fun major, Easy to medium difficulty, and really theory heavy but also has hands on projects.

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Courses & teachingPositive

I enjoy the variety that Communication offers. At UCLA, for the upper division courses, there are 4 pillars: Political/Legal, Technology, Interpersonal, and Mass Media. We have to take classes from all pillars so we truly get an interdisciplinary view. The major itself is so broad that it allows space to do anything; I've seen classmates go into marketing, journalism, law school, and more. It's also not super difficult so it allows a lot more time for extracurricular and professional activities such as internships, which is really helpful.

Anonymous studentSenior
Math
1.0/5
Writing
5.0/5
Apr 2026
Courses & teachingPositive

i think that it has been a good major for public speaking and refined my writing skills. it has taught me good study habits as well

Anonymous studentSophomore
Math
2.0/5
Writing
4.0/5
Mar 2026
Courses & teachingPositive

Really fun major, Easy to medium difficulty, and really theory heavy but also has hands on projects.

Anonymous studentSophomore
Math
2.0/5
Writing
4.0/5
Oct 2025
Courses & teachingPositive

There is a lot of public speaking and in prompt to speeches that you have to do, but otherwise it is pretty chill. It is a lot more theory here instead of just peaking though as well

Anonymous studentFreshman
Math
1.0/5
Writing
3.0/5
Oct 2025
Courses & teachingMixed

Research in the field is interesting but classes should challenge students more.

Switched from Linguistics

Anonymous studentJunior
Math
2.0/5
Writing
4.0/5
May 2026

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