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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida International University | 456 | 3% | $23,506 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 368 | 5% | $23,811 |
| 3 | University of South Florida-Main Campus | 298 | 3% | $23,320 |
| 4 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 292 | 4% | $32,041 |
| 5 | University of California-Berkeley | 277 | 2% | $38,066 |
| 6 | 263 | 4% | $30,360 | |
| 7 | 254 | 5% | $22,964 | |
| 8 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 248 | 2% | $24,779 |
| 9 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 221 | 3% | $33,503 |
| 10 | 218 | 2% | $28,862 | |
| 11 | Towson University | 188 | 3% | $26,834 |
| 12 | CUNY Hunter College | 179 | 3% | $22,379 |
| 13 | Arizona State University-Skysong | 174 | 2% | $27,521 |
| 14 | The University of West Florida | 158 | 4% | $19,014 |
| 15 | 156 | 3% | $22,478 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 148 | 8% | $27,704 |
| 17 | 143 | 2% | $27,484 | |
| 18 | North Carolina A & T State University | 130 | 6% | $18,136 |
| 19 | Pace University | 126 | 4% | $66,499 |
| 20 | American University | 124 | 3% | $66,268 |
| 21 | Austin Peay State University | 124 | 5% | $24,946 |
| 22 | The New School | 124 | 4% | $71,361 |
| 23 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 121 | 2% | $24,035 |
| 24 | Temple University | 113 | 1% | $33,004 |
| 25 | 110 | 3% | $24,068 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 109 | 2% | $24,486 |
| 27 | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | 103 | 3% | $6,534 |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 101 | 1% | $24,472 |
| 29 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | 92 | 5% | $26,978 |
| 30 | University of Florida | 90 | 1% | $21,211 |
| 31 | 88 | 3% | $20,991 | |
| 32 | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | 87 | 4% | $25,052 |
| 33 | Iona College | 84 | 8% | $57,440 |
| 34 | North Carolina Central University | 83 | 6% | $24,419 |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 83 | 2% | $25,423 |
| 36 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 82 | 2% | $28,058 |
| 37 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 82 | 2% | $20,471 |
| 38 | DePaul University | 80 | 1% | $57,678 |
| 39 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 79 | 2% | $25,637 |
| 40 | CUNY Queens College | 77 | 2% | $28,907 |
| 41 | 74 | 2% | $20,482 | |
| 42 | SUNY Oneonta | 74 | 5% | $25,028 |
| 43 | 73 | 1% | $29,758 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 73 | 2% | $21,297 |
| 45 | 65 | 1% | $21,782 | |
| 46 | 65 | 7% | $23,239 | |
| 47 | 61 | 1% | $23,130 | |
| 48 | 60 | 2% | $21,320 | |
| 49 | 60 | 2% | $22,156 | |
| 50 | Denison University | 58 | 11% | $66,870 |
| 51 | 55 | 8% | $23,420 | |
| 52 | 54 | 3% | $21,975 | |
| 53 | Miami University-Oxford | 54 | 1% | $33,229 |
| 54 | University of San Francisco | 54 | 2% | $68,296 |
| 55 | Community College of Philadelphia | 51 | 2% | $6,542 |
| 56 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 50 | 2% | $24,894 |
| 57 | University of North Florida | 50 | 1% | $21,384 |
| 58 | CUNY Lehman College | 49 | 2% | $27,857 |
| 59 | Clarion University of Pennsylvania | 49 | 3% | $27,975 |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 49 | 2% | $20,349 |
| 61 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 48 | 4% | $17,088 |
| 62 | 47 | 3% | $24,029 | |
| 63 | Webster University | 47 | 1% | $45,762 |
| 64 | 46 | 4% | $23,810 | |
| 65 | University of South Dakota | 46 | 2% | $22,856 |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Pueblo | 45 | 5% | $27,280 |
| 67 | Winthrop University | 44 | 3% | $28,938 |
| 68 | University of North Carolina at Asheville | 44 | 5% | $20,189 |
| 69 | Auburn University | 44 | 1% | $31,590 |
| 70 | 43 | 1% | $25,116 | |
| 71 | Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | 43 | 3% | $25,600 |
| 72 | Marist College | 43 | 3% | $58,150 |
| 73 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 41 | 8% | $72,040 |
| 74 | Union County College | 39 | 2% | $6,556 |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 39 | 0% | $28,301 |
| 76 | Nassau Community College | 39 | 1% | $7,680 |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 38 | 3% | $22,112 |
| 78 | Colorado Mesa University | 38 | 2% | $24,142 |
| 79 | Lindenwood University | 37 | 1% | $30,500 |
| 80 | Trinity University | 35 | 6% | $58,840 |
| 81 | Bethune-Cookman University | 34 | 6% | $29,876 |
| 82 | Black Hills State University | 33 | 5% | $21,211 |
| 83 | Southern University and A & M College | 31 | 3% | $23,123 |
| 84 | University of South Florida-St Petersburg | 31 | 3% | $22,731 |
| 85 | Winston-Salem State University | 30 | 3% | $20,134 |
| 86 | Saint Michael's College | 30 | 5% | $59,765 |
| 87 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 28 | 0% | $30,102 |
| 88 | Ursinus College | 28 | 7% | $68,122 |
| 89 | Indiana University-South Bend | 28 | 3% | $19,966 |
| 90 | Claflin University | 28 | 8% | $33,198 |
| 91 | Rochester College | 28 | 11% | $33,292 |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 27 | 1% | $25,922 |
| 93 | Brown University | 27 | 1% | $73,802 |
| 94 | 26 | 1% | $25,325 | |
| 95 | Grambling State University | 26 | 3% | $26,091 |
| 96 | University of Oregon | 26 | 0% | $27,366 |
| 97 | McNeese State University | 25 | 2% | $21,526 |
| 98 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25 | 1% | $48,628 |
| 99 | East Central University | 24 | 2% | $18,292 |
| 100 | Nicholls State University | 24 | 2% | $23,118 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Mass Communication/Media Studies program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.