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Communication & Media Studies at Merritt College

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Communication & Media Studies at Merritt College

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

Merritt College is located in Oakland, California and approximately 6,261 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.

Merritt College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

Merritt College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at Merritt College

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

Merritt College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

44% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Merritt College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 20% more women than average.

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Merritt College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Merritt 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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