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Communication & Media Studies at Onondaga Community College

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Communication & Media Studies at Onondaga Community College

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Onondaga Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

OCC is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 8,545.

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.

OCC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

OCC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at OCC

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

OCC Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

64% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in communications at OCC are white. Around 55% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. OCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 NY, the home state for Onondaga Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists 24,510 $74,000
Editors 19,140 $83,070
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Reporters and Correspondents 4,540 $81,930
Communications Professors 3,080 $90,470

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*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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