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Communication & Media Studies at Butte College

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Communication & Media Studies at Butte College

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

Butte College is located in Oroville, California and approximately 9,335 students attend the school each year.

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.

Butte College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

Butte College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Butte College

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

Butte College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

59% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 Butte College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communications at Butte College are white. Around 52% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Butte College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Butte 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 7
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 Butte 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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