Communication & Media Studies at American International 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 American International College stacks up to those at other schools.

AIC is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and approximately 2,612 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from AIC.

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.

AIC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

AIC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how AIC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at AIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	816

Communications Student Demographics at AIC

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

AIC Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in communications from AIC. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at AIC since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

AIC also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MA, the home state for American International College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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
• Image Credit: By Published by The Springfield News Company Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.