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Communication & Journalism at Bristol Community College

Communication & Journalism at Bristol Community College

If you plan to study communication & journalism, take a look at what Bristol Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bristol is located in Fall River, Massachusetts and approximately 6,256 students attend the school each year.

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

Bristol Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Bristol

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Bristol offers distance education options for communication & journalism at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Bristol Communication & Journalism Rankings

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Bristol

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Bristol Community College.

Bristol Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

29% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of communication & journalism associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communication & journalism only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Bristol may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 35% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communication & journalism at Bristol are white. Around 64% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bristol Community College with a associate's in communication & journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication & journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bristol Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies 26

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & journalism 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 Bristol Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 5,090 $131,460
Community Health Workers 3,660 $44,500
Producers and Directors 3,250 $70,480

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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