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Communication & Media Studies at San Diego Mesa College

Communication & Media Studies at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and approximately 20,693 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.

San Diego Mesa College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

San Diego Mesa College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at San Diego Mesa College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at San Diego Mesa College.

San Diego Mesa College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

64% Women
64% 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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San Diego Mesa College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego Mesa College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 68

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 San Diego Mesa 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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