Communication & Journalism at Sierra College

If you are interested in studying communication and journalism, you may want to check out the program at Sierra College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Sierra College is located in Rocklin, California and approximately 17,503 students attend the school each year.

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

Sierra College Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Sierra College Communication & Journalism Rankings

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Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Sierra College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication and journalism majors at Sierra College.

Sierra College Communication & Journalism Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of communication and journalism associate's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

Sierra College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communication and journalism graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

If you plan to be a communication and journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sierra College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	76
Journalism	11

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and 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 Sierra College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.