Communication & Media Studies at Bakersfield College

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Bakersfield College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 24,903.

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.

Bakersfield College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communications (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Communications

Bakersfield College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Bakersfield College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

Bakersfield College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 CA, the home state for Bakersfield College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820
Radio and Television Announcers	2,780	$78,840

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.