Communication & Media Studies at Farmingdale State College

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Farmingdale State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is located in Farmingdale, New York and approximately 10,018 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 62 communications majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale.

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.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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
	127
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	301
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	392

Communications Student Demographics at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale

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

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication & Media Studies from SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale 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 Farmingdale State College with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	46
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 Farmingdale State 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Batiste93 under License

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