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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 310 institutions across the United States, with a total of 27808 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

150

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

193

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,458

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

101

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,166

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

153

degrees awarded

Other Awards

18,587

awards given

Top Schools for Mass Communication Media Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,303
2	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	1,176
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,152
4	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	936
5	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	795
6	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	675
7	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	618
8	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	486
9	Florida International University Miami, FL	465
10	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	456
11	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	441
12	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	417
13	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	387
14	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	352
15	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	339
16	American University Washington, DC	330
17	DePaul University Chicago, IL	327
18	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	303
19	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	303
20	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	297
21	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	291
22	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	279
23	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	273
24	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	264
25	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	261
26	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	255
27	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	246
28	Pace University New York, NY	243
29	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	243
30	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	237
31	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	219
32	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	213
33	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	207
34	Illinois State University Normal, IL	198
35	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	198
36	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	195
37	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	186
38	The New School New York, NY	186
39	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	183
40	Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA	180
41	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	177
42	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	177
43	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	174
44	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	174
45	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	171
46	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	168
47	Delaware State University Dover, DE	165
48	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	162
49	Iona University New Rochelle, NY	162
50	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	156
51	Denison University Granville, OH	153
52	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA	150
53	Virginia State University Petersburg, VA	147
54	Elon University Elon, NC	144
55	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN	141
56	Washington State University Pullman, WA	141
57	Jackson State University Jackson, MS	138
58	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	135
59	Grambling State University Grambling, LA	132
60	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	132
61	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	126
62	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	126
63	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	120
64	Winona State University Winona, MN	120
65	Brown University Providence, RI	114
66	University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	114
67	UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ Cranford, NJ	111
68	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	111
69	Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY	108
70	University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NC	105
71	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	104
72	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	102
73	Auburn University Auburn, AL	102
74	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	99
75	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	99
76	Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO	96
77	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	93
78	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	90
79	Washburn University Topeka, KS	90
80	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	90
81	University of Georgia Athens, GA	87
82	Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	87
83	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	87
84	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	84
85	University of North Alabama Florence, AL	81
86	Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL	81
87	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	78
88	McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA	78
89	Berea College Berea, KY	78
90	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	76
91	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	75
92	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	75
93	Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL	75
94	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	75
95	Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	72
96	Lander University Greenwood, SC	72
97	Utah Tech University Saint George, UT	71
98	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	69
99	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX	69
100	Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA	69