Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Santa Monica College

Every film/cinema/media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the film studies program at Santa Monica College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Film/Cinema/Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Film/Cinema/Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Film Studies

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for film studies at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SMC Film/Cinema/Media Studies Rankings

Film Studies Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate’s Program

48% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of film studies associate's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in film studies graduates 21% 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 film studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Film & Video Production

Careers That Film Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in film studies 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
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460

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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