Communication & Media Studies at Houston Community College

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

Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 48,329.

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.

Houston Community College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

Houston Community College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Houston Community College

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

Houston Community College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

69% Women

77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Houston Community 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 Houston Community College with a associate's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Houston Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	20

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 TX, the home state for Houston Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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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