Communication & Journalism at East Mississippi Community College

If you plan to study communication and journalism, take a look at what East Mississippi Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EMCC is located in Scooba, Mississippi and has a total student population of 3,392.

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

EMCC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at EMCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? EMCC offers distance education options for communication and journalism at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

EMCC Communication & Journalism Rankings

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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at EMCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at East Mississippi Community College.

EMCC Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of communication and journalism associate's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communication and journalism only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at EMCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 21% more women than average.

EMCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communication and journalism graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication and journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	5
Journalism	2

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for East Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Public Relations Specialists	1,430	$52,840
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Community Health Workers	710	$32,880
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$34,530
Producers and Directors	290	$44,310

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.