Communication & Media Studies at Foothill College

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

Foothill College is located in Los Altos Hills, California and has a total student population of 14,605.

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.

Foothill College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communications (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Communications

Foothill College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Foothill College

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

Foothill College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Foothill College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

Foothill College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	14
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 CA, the home state for Foothill College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820
Radio and Television Announcers	2,780	$78,840

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.