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

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
 96
(12.2%)
Moderately Selective$26,206 
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
 167
(6.7%)
Highly Selective$9,039 
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
 24
(6.0%)
Moderately Selective$38,860 
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SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
 63
(4.8%)
Highly Selective$11,762 
CUNY Queens College
Flushing, NY
 102
(4.2%)
Highly Selective$9,087 
Medaille College
Buffalo, NY
 13
(4.1%)
Less Selective$17,420 
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
 36
(2.6%)
Highly Selective$8,980 
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
 16
(2.5%)
Most Selective$40,210 
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus
Brooklyn, NY
 14
(2.4%)
Moderately Selective$25,574 
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
 62
(1.6%)
Moderately Selective$12,545 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.