Radio & Television at Columbia College Chicago

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying radio & television, you may want to check out the program at Columbia College Chicago. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year.

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

Columbia Radio & Television Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in TV

Columbia Radio & Television Rankings

The tv major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Radio & Television. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

TV Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the tv majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Radio & Television Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of tv bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical tv bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in tv at Columbia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in tv.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Media Arts

Careers That TV Grads May Go Into

A degree in tv can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Producers and Directors	2,950	$77,960
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Radio and Television Announcers	920	$52,020
Film and Video Editors	300	$64,820
Broadcast News Analysts	260	$76,260

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
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