Audiovisual Communications at Santa Monica College

If you plan to study audiovisual communications, take a look at what Santa Monica College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

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

SMC Audiovisual Communications Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Audiovisual (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Audiovisual

SMC Audiovisual Communications Rankings

Audiovisual Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Audiovisual Communications Associate’s Program

73% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of audiovisual associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in audiovisual only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at SMC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 46% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in audiovisual graduates 1% 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 audiovisual.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Audiovisual Communications

Audiovisual Communications 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 Santa Monica College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Photographic & Film/Video Technology/Technician & Assistant	18

Graphic Communications

Careers That Audiovisual Grads May Go Into

A degree in audiovisual 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
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	14,290	$56,710
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators	4,530	$77,540
Broadcast Technicians	4,450	$46,140

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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