Communication & Media Studies at College of Western Idaho

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

CWI is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 10,200.

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.

CWI Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

CWI Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at CWI

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

CWI Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

47% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at CWI may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

CWI does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

The following communications concentations are available at College of Western Idaho. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Western Idaho. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Communication & Media Studies	30

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 ID, the home state for College of Western Idaho.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Public Relations Specialists	660	$64,380
Editors	420	$48,160
Reporters and Correspondents	250	$34,390
Writers and Authors	180	$52,570
Radio and Television Announcers	160	$58,430

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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