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Communication & Media Studies at LaGuardia Community College

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Communication & Media Studies at LaGuardia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if LaGuardia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and has a total student population of 16,971.

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.

LaGuardia Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

LaGuardia Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

83% Women
85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists 24,510 $74,000
Editors 19,140 $83,070
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Reporters and Correspondents 4,540 $81,930
Communications Professors 3,080 $90,470

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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