Communication & Media Studies at Santa Monica College

If you are interested in studying communication & media studies, you may want to check out the program at Santa Monica College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 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.

SMC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

SMC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

67% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	40
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Santa Monica College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	175

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 Santa Monica 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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