Communication & Media Studies at Linn-Benton Community College

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

LBCC is located in Albany, Oregon and has a total student population of 4,956.

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.

LBCC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

LBCC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at LBCC

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

LBCC Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

13% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at LBCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 51% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communications at LBCC are white. Around 88% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
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 Linn-Benton Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communications	7

Journalism

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 OR, the home state for Linn-Benton Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Editors	1,080	$55,610
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050
Reporters and Correspondents	450	$48,960
Communications Professors	390	$80,700

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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