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Speech Communication at American River College

Speech Communication at American River College

If you are interested in studying speech communication, you may want to check out the program at American River College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 25,422.

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

American River Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Speech Communication

American River Speech Communication Rankings

Speech Communication Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at American River College.

American River Speech Communication Associate’s Program

70% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of speech communication associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in speech communication graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Speech Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists 26,820 $72,910
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Radio and Television Announcers 2,780 $78,840
Public Address System Announcers 1,340 $42,130

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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