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

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
 5
(2.5%)
Moderately Selective$17,400 
Texas A & M University-Texarkana
Texarkana, TX
 7
(2.1%)
 - 
Wiley College
Marshall, TX
 3
(1.9%)
Open Admissions$9,970 
Online Degree Programs
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The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
 47
(1.8%)
Less Selective$14,621 
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX
 15
(1.5%)
Less Selective$5,526 
Houston Baptist University
Houston, TX
 5
(1.5%)
Highly Selective$19,390 
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
 45
(0.9%)
Less Selective$12,520 
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Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX
 1
(0.3%)
Moderately Selective$27,940 
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX
 1
(0.3%)
Highly Selective$18,380 
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
 8
(0.2%)
Less Selective$12,800 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.