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Communication & Media Studies at Arizona Western College

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Communication & Media Studies at Arizona Western College

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Arizona Western College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and has a total student population of 6,487.

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.

AWC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

AWC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at AWC

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

AWC Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

57% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at AWC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

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AWC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 AZ, the home state for Arizona Western College.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Public Relations Specialists 3,080 $62,500
Editors 1,020 $57,180
Reporters and Correspondents 680 $61,400
Radio and Television Announcers 520 $48,360

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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