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Overview for Mass Communication/Media Studies

A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.

Careers for Mass Communication/Media Studies Majors

A major in Mass Communication/Media Studies is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.
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Colleges Offering a Major in Mass Communication/Media Studies

Top 50 U.S. Colleges with the highest percentage of Mass Communication/Media Studies among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Lynn University
Boca Raton, FL
 57
(22.6%)
Moderately Selective$28,490 
Bennett College for Women
Greensboro, NC
 13
(16.0%)
Highly Selective$14,648 
Johnson C Smith University
Charlotte, NC
 36
(15.8%)
Highly Selective$15,754 
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Menlo College
Atherton, CA
 22
(15.1%)
Moderately Selective$27,950 
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
 94
(13.2%)
Moderately Selective$24,724 
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
 28
(10.3%)
Highly Selective$12,358 
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
 249
(9.7%)
Moderately Selective$12,107 
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Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK
 50
(9.7%)
Less Selective$17,800 
Delaware State University
Dover, DE
 38
(9.4%)
Highly Selective$13,100 
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
 28
(9.3%)
Less Selective$21,490 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.