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Communication & Media Studies at Gordon State College

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Communication & Media Studies at Gordon State College

If you plan to study communication and media studies, take a look at what Gordon State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Gordon is located in Barnesville, Georgia and approximately 3,231 students attend the school each year.

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.

Gordon Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

Gordon Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Gordon

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

Gordon Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

29% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Gordon may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communications at Gordon are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Gordon does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 0
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 GA, the home state for Gordon State College.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists 4,920 $62,070
Editors 2,190 $61,330
Reporters and Correspondents 1,230 $51,140
Writers and Authors 960 $63,260
Radio and Television Announcers 750 $57,400

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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