Communication & Journalism at Gulf Coast State College

What traits are you looking for in a communication & journalism school? To help you decide if Gulf Coast State College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication & journalism program.

GCSC is located in Panama City, Florida and approximately 4,410 students attend the school each year.

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.

GCSC Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communication & Journalism (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at GCSC

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, GCSC does offer online courses in communication & journalism for the following degree levels:

GCSC Communication & Journalism Rankings

The communication & journalism major at GCSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Journalism. 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.

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at GCSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication & journalism majors at Gulf Coast State College.

GCSC Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of communication & journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical communication & journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at GCSC since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism at GCSC 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 Gulf Coast State College with a bachelor's in communication & journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Gulf Coast State College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

• 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 FL, the home state for Gulf Coast State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Producers and Directors	6,630	$70,630
Photographers	4,480	$39,990
Editors	4,190	$58,200

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.