Communication & Media Studies at Butte College

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

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

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

76% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communications at Butte College 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 Butte College with a associate's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Butte College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	27

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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