Communication & Media Studies at Amarillo College

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Amarillo College stacks up to those at other schools.

Amarillo College is located in Amarillo, Texas and has a total student population of 9,079.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Amarillo College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communications

Amarillo College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Amarillo College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Amarillo College.

Amarillo College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Amarillo College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 34% more women than average.

Amarillo College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amarillo College with a associate's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Amarillo College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.