Journalism at Rio Hondo College

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Rio Hondo College stacks up to those at other schools.

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and approximately 15,692 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

RHCCD Journalism Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Journalism

RHCCD Journalism Rankings

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Journalism Student Demographics at RHCCD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Rio Hondo College.

RHCCD Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of journalism associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in journalism only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at RHCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in journalism graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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 Rio Hondo College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.