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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 10 Minnesota Colleges with the highest percentage of Mass Communication/Media Studies among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
 98
(7.7%)
Less Selective$6,144 
Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN
 162
(6.7%)
Less Selective$12,474 
Winona State University
Winona, MN
 82
(5.9%)
Less Selective$12,230 
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Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mankato, MN
 80
(3.8%)
Less Selective$12,508 
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN
 21
(2.8%)
Less Selective$6,996 
Concordia University-Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN
 11
(2.4%)
Moderately Selective$24,900 
Bethel University
Saint Paul, MN
 12
(1.6%)
Less Selective$25,860 
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North Central University
Minneapolis, MN
 2
(1.0%)
 $14,616 
Augsburg College
Minneapolis, MN
 5
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$26,103 
University of St Thomas
Saint Paul, MN
 3
(0.2%)
Less Selective$26,304 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.