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.
| 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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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Mass Communication/Media Studies among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Lynn University Boca Raton, FL | 57 (22.6%) |  |  | |
|  | Bennett College for Women Greensboro, NC | 13 (16.0%) |  |  | |
|  | Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NC | 36 (15.8%) |  |  | |
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|  | Menlo College Atherton, CA | 22 (15.1%) |  |  | |
|  | Iona College New Rochelle, NY | 94 (13.2%) |  |  | |
|  | Claflin University Orangeburg, SC | 28 (10.3%) |  |  | |
|  | University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL | 249 (9.7%) |  |  | |
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|  | Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK | 50 (9.7%) |  |  | |
|  | Delaware State University Dover, DE | 38 (9.4%) |  |  | |
|  | Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA | 28 (9.3%) |  |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.