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Communication & Media Studies at South Texas College

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Communication & Media Studies at South Texas College

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

South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and approximately 28,233 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.

South Texas College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Communications

South Texas College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

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Communications Student Demographics at South Texas College

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

South Texas College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

55% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at South Texas College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

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South Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TX, the home state for South Texas College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists 28,360 $60,600
Editors 5,490 $72,300
Communications Professors 2,460 $68,900
Radio and Television Announcers 2,320 $50,530
Reporters and Correspondents 2,210 $45,910

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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