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Journalism at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

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 Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Journalism Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Journalism

SMC Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Journalism Associate’s Program

71% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in journalism graduates 10% 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 journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 10
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Santa Monica 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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