Communication & Media Studies at Northampton County Area Community College

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

Northampton Community College is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,951.

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.

Northampton Community College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

Northampton Community College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Northampton Community College

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

Northampton Community College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

36% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Northampton Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 27% more women than average.

Northampton Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
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 Northampton County Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	18

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 PA, the home state for Northampton County Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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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