Audiovisual Communications at Columbia College Chicago

Every audiovisual communications school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the audiovisual program at Columbia College Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,335 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College Chicago in 2021, 59 of them were audiovisual communications majors.

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

Columbia Audiovisual Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual

Columbia Audiovisual Communications Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the audiovisual progam at Columbia compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The audiovisual major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Audiovisual Communications. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
	19
Best Value Audiovisual Communications Schools	31
	40

Earnings of Columbia Audiovisual Graduates

The median salary of audiovisual students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $23,934. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,695 for all audiovisual students.

Audiovisual Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a bachelor's degree in audiovisual from Columbia. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in audiovisual 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 audiovisual.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in audiovisual. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Graphic Communications

Careers That Audiovisual Grads May Go Into

A degree in audiovisual 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
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	2,740	$43,590
Broadcast Technicians	1,300	$50,140
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators	520	$45,340
Film and Video Editors	300	$64,820
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.