Undergraduate Certificates in Radio, Television & Digital Communication
Education Levels of Digital Communication Majors
During the most recent year for which data is available, 1,415 people earned their undergraduate certificate in digital communication. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in digital communication at each degree level.
Education Level | Number of Grads |
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Bachelor’s Degree | 10,971 |
Master’s Degree | 2,951 |
Associate Degree | 1,554 |
Undergraduate Certificate | 1,415 |
Basic Certificate | 1,194 |
Graduate Certificate | 115 |
Doctor’s Degree | 57 |
Earnings of Digital Communication Majors With Undergraduate Certificates
The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in digital communication is $18,896. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $18,740 to a high of $24,296.
Student Debt
The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in digital communication is $10,588. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $12,109 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $10,150.
Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $126.
Student Diversity
More men than women pursue undergraduate certificates in digital communication. About 58.3% of graduates in this field are male.
Gender | Number of Grads |
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Men | 825 |
Women | 590 |
The racial-ethnic distribution of digital communication undergraduate certificate students is as follows:
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 725 |
Hispanic or Latino | 234 |
White | 338 |
International Students | 18 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 92 |
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Related Majors
Below are some popular majors that are similar to digital communication that offer undergraduate certificates.
Major | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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Public Relations & Advertising | 146 |
Communication & Media Studies | 64 |
Journalism | 35 |
Other Communication & Journalism | 3 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
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