Communication & Media Studies at Santiago Canyon College

Every communication & 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 communications program at Santiago Canyon College stacks up to those at other schools.

SCC is located in Orange, California and approximately 9,003 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.

SCC Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

SCC Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at SCC

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

SCC Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

62% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at SCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

SCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

Communication & Media Studies 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 Santiago Canyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	61

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 Santiago Canyon 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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