Communication & Media Studies at Ventura College

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what Ventura College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ventura College is located in Ventura, California and has a total student population of 11,789.

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.

Ventura College Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Communications

Ventura College Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Communications Student Demographics at Ventura College

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

Ventura College Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

76% Women

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Ventura College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications 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 Ventura College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication	29

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 Ventura 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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