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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 13 New York Colleges with the highest percentage of Mass Communication/Media Studies among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
 94
(13.2%)
Moderately Selective$24,724 
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
 152
(7.2%)
Highly Selective$8,989 
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
 27
(6.2%)
Moderately Selective$36,718 
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CUNY Queens College
Flushing, NY
 129
(6.0%)
Highly Selective$9,037 
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
 62
(4.8%)
Highly Selective$11,715 
Medaille College
Buffalo, NY
 14
(4.2%)
Less Selective$16,590 
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus
Brooklyn, NY
 25
(4.1%)
Moderately Selective$26,102 
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CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
 49
(3.8%)
Highly Selective$8,930 
 Russell Sage College
Troy, NY
 6
(2.7%)
 $25,790 
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
 69
(1.8%)
Moderately Selective$10,610 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.