Communication & Journalism at Estrella Mountain Community College

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

Estrella Mountain Community College is located in Avondale, Arizona and has a total student population of 8,768.

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.

Estrella Mountain Community College Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Estrella Mountain Community College

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Estrella Mountain Community College does offer online courses in communication & journalism for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Estrella Mountain Community College Communication & Journalism Rankings

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Estrella Mountain Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Estrella Mountain Community College.

Estrella Mountain Community College Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of communication & journalism associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communication & journalism only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Estrella Mountain Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

Estrella Mountain Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communication & journalism graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Estrella Mountain Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	13

Related Majors

• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication & 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 AZ, the home state for Estrella Mountain Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Public Relations Specialists	3,080	$62,500
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,350	$104,120
Producers and Directors	1,250	$62,760
Community Health Workers	1,030	$40,090

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.