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Speech Communication at Rio Hondo College

If you are interested in studying Speech Communication, you may want to check out the program at Rio Hondo College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rio Hondo College is located in Whittier, CA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 27 speech communication graduations were recorded at Rio Hondo College.

Studying Online at Rio Hondo College

Online coursework is an option at Rio Hondo College. Among 17,441 students, 4,556 (26%) studied exclusively online and 3,300 (19%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Speech Communication graduates at Rio Hondo College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Speech Communication graduates at Rio Hondo College are 78% women (21) and 22% men (6).

Speech Communication Associate’s Program at Rio Hondo College

Among the 27 associate’s speech communication graduates at Rio Hondo College, 78% were women (21) and 22% were men (6).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Speech Communication associate’s degree recipients at Rio Hondo College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	1
Hispanic / Latino	25
Black / African American	1

Minority students account for 96% of Speech Communication associate’s degree recipients at Rio Hondo College, higher than the national average of 64%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for Speech Communication Graduates

Those who complete Speech Communication program at Rio Hondo College work across a variety of fields. Here are the highest-paying careers for Speech Communication majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Public Relations Managers	$139,736
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$108,419
Public Relations Specialists	$103,749
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,169
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$70,619
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$69,171
Writers and Authors	$63,195

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.