Communication & Media Studies at Pasadena City College

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

Pasadena City College is located in Pasadena, California and approximately 25,034 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.

Pasadena City College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

Pasadena City College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Pasadena City College

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

Pasadena City College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

63% Women

88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Pasadena City College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pasadena City College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	128

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 Pasadena City 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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