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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.

Colleges Offering a Major in Mass Communication/Media Studies

Top 12 Louisiana Colleges with the highest percentage of Mass Communication/Media Studies among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA
 21
(11.9%)
Highly Selective$13,880 
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA
 37
(6.9%)
Highly Selective$9,154 
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
 253
(5.5%)
Less Selective$11,929 
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Louisiana College
Pineville, LA
 6
(4.7%)
Moderately Selective$12,030 
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
 15
(4.4%)
Moderately Selective$14,500 
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA
 30
(4.1%)
Less Selective$9,099 
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA
 37
(3.9%)
Moderately Selective$9,698 
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McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
 35
(3.3%)
Less Selective$9,312 
Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
 13
(2.5%)
Open Admissions$7,867 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
 45
(2.1%)
Moderately Selective$9,754 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.