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Speech Communication at San Diego Mesa College

If you plan to study Speech Communication, take a look at what San Diego Mesa College. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Diego Mesa College sits in San Diego, CA.

During the most recent reporting year, 54 speech communication graduations were recorded at San Diego Mesa College.

Online & Distance Learning at San Diego Mesa College

Distance learning is available at San Diego Mesa College. Among 19,212 students, 7,447 (39%) studied exclusively online and 4,848 (25%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Speech Communication graduates at San Diego Mesa College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Speech Communication graduates at San Diego Mesa College are 65% women (35) and 35% men (19).

Speech Communication Associate’s Program at San Diego Mesa College

Among the 54 associate’s speech communication graduates at San Diego Mesa College, 65% were women (35) and 35% were men (19).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	23
Hispanic / Latino	19
Black / African American	6
Asian	4
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1
Two or More Races	1

Minority students account for 57% of Speech Communication associate’s degree recipients at San Diego Mesa College, below the national average of 64%.*

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

Highest-Paying Careers for Speech Communication Graduates

Graduates of the Speech Communication program at San Diego Mesa College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Speech Communication graduates, 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.