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CIP PROGRAM: 09.0102
Mass Communication/Media Studies.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 377 9402 932
2021 302 9349 921
2022 278 8805 856
2023 241 8337 1012
2024 193 7458 1166
Change -36.07% -11.33% +8.58%

Related CIPs

09 COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
09.01 Communication and Media Studies.
09.0100 Communication, General.
09.0101 Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
09.0102 Mass Communication/Media Studies.
09.0199 Communication and Media Studies, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Mass Communication/Media Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Adrian College1 -52.94%
Albany State University17 +144.44%
Alcorn State University6 +76.92%
American University27 -3.57%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion178 +10.61%
Auburn University34 +12.50%
Augustana University2 +100.00%
Austin College5 +600.00%
Austin Peay State University26 -42.86%
Baker University8 +33.33%
Barton College3 -50.00%
Belmont University6 +14.29%
Bemidji State University7 -33.33%
Benedict College21 -
Berea College26 -31.82%
Bethel College-North Newton4 -25.00%
Bethune-Cookman University27 +2.78%
Black Hills State University9 +183.33%
Bloomfield College1 -
Brenau University2 +25.00%
Bridgewater College8 -20.00%
Brigham Young University58 +213.33%
Brown University34 -21.88%
CUNY Hunter College147 -12.77%
CUNY Lehman College59 +9.62%
CUNY Queens College78 -29.32%
California State University-San Marcos25 +8.82%
Campbellsville University6 +66.67%
Cedar Crest College2 +200.00%
Central Christian College of Kansas3 +50.00%
Central Connecticut State University28 -36.59%
Claflin University21 +9.09%
Claremont McKenna College14 -14.29%
Clarkson University10 -
Colorado Mesa University32 -25.64%
Colorado State University Pueblo14 -41.67%
Columbia International University8 +66.67%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania59 -
Concord University7 +160.00%
Concordia University Ann Arbor1 +200.00%
Concordia University-Saint Paul8 -37.50%
Concordia University-Wisconsin2 -40.00%
Culver-Stockton College1 +100.00%
DePaul University109 +8.79%
Dean College16 +100.00%
Delaware State University55 -33.77%
Delaware Valley University10 +140.00%
Denison University51 +10.34%
Dillard University15 -50.00%
East Central University17 -55.56%
East Tennessee State University65 -6.41%
East Texas Baptist University3 -12.50%
Elizabethtown College6 -51.61%
Elon University48 +90.00%
Emory & Henry University13 -11.11%
Endicott College18 -
Ferrum College1 -100.00%
Fisher College6 -50.00%
Flagler College5 -52.94%
Florida College10 -
Florida International University35 -65.48%
Florida Southern College9 -58.33%
Florida State College at Jacksonville25 +4.35%
Fort Valley State University7 +44.44%
Francis Marion University11 +22.22%
Frostburg State University15 -42.50%
Georgia Southwestern State University5 -
Governors State University6 +66.67%
Grambling State University40 -2.56%
Grand View University13 -
Hampshire College1 -
Hannibal-LaGrange University2 -
Harvey Mudd College2 -
Hawaii Pacific University5 -75.00%
Heidelberg University5 -16.67%
Hobart William Smith Colleges34 +6.78%
Hofstra University11 -46.67%
Houston Christian University5 -
Huston-Tillotson University1 -25.00%
Illinois State University66 -10.14%
Indiana University-Bloomington380 +1.16%
Iona University54 -24.59%
Jackson State University42 -24.44%
Jacksonville University9 -40.00%
Johnson C Smith University12 +11.11%
Johnson University1 -75.00%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania20 -
LIM College22 -
Lander University24 +113.33%
Lane College14 -27.27%
LeTourneau University3 +300.00%
Life Pacific University1 -
Lindenwood University23 -4.17%
Lindsey Wilson College4 -63.64%
Linfield University12 -68.75%
Loras College16 -33.33%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College282 +30.32%
Louisiana State University-Shreveport8 -13.33%
Lubbock Christian University1 +16.67%
Lynn University11 +160.00%
Macalester College16 -5.88%
Marist College36 +37.93%
Marquette University1 -
Marymount Manhattan College17 +20.00%
Maryville University of Saint Louis15 +122.22%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 -42.86%
McNeese State University26 +47.37%
Mercer University1 -33.33%
Meredith College9 -46.67%
Miami University-Oxford44 -35.48%
Michigan State University148 -10.22%
Mid-America Christian University6 -
Middle Tennessee State University52 -57.75%
Midwestern State University17 +28.57%
Minnesota State University-Mankato4 -46.81%
Missouri State University-Springfield6 -88.00%
Missouri Valley College11 -
Montana State University Billings4 +100.00%
Morningside University5 -62.50%
Morris College4 -50.00%
Mount Mercy University1 -
Muhlenberg College58 -25.97%
Muskingum University1 -
Nicholls State University23 -25.00%
North Carolina A & T State University97 -11.19%
North Carolina Central University52 -43.75%
North Central University3 -85.71%
North Greenville University1 -50.00%
Oglethorpe University5 -
Ohio University-Main Campus3 -
Oklahoma Christian University2 -
Olivet Nazarene University23 +75.00%
Oral Roberts University2 -50.00%
Otterbein University8 +42.86%
Pace University72 -5.21%
Paier College4 -
Paine College1 -
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus47 -21.88%
Pennsylvania Western University26 -
Piedmont University11 -
Pitzer College19 +12.50%
Point Loma Nazarene University11 -35.71%
Point Park University1 -87.50%
Pomona College20 +12.50%
Principia College9 -8.33%
Quinnipiac University40 -
Randolph College4 +300.00%
Rhode Island College14 -
Rochester Institute of Technology8 +66.67%
Rochester University10 -26.92%
SUNY Oneonta30 -38.75%
SUNY at Purchase College16 -
Saint Cloud State University33 -44.78%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine1 -80.00%
Saint Michael's College10 -36.00%
Saint Norbert College15 +20.00%
Sam Houston State University113 -19.08%
Scripps College18 -27.78%
Shaw University21 -46.67%
South Carolina State University8 -21.74%
Southeast Missouri State University1 -
Southeastern University15 +1600.00%
Southern Connecticut State University2 -
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville53 -21.95%
Southern Nazarene University9 +200.00%
Southern University and A & M College50 -11.11%
Southwestern Assemblies of God University3 -66.67%
Spalding University1 -80.00%
Stephen F Austin State University57 -15.00%
Stony Brook University13 -
Susquehanna University3 -
Swarthmore College1 -
Talladega College7 +166.67%
Temple University95 -2.61%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi23 +214.29%
Texas A&M University-Texarkana10 -44.44%
Texas Christian University3 -68.75%
Texas Southern University9 +44.44%
Texas State University46 +30.00%
Texas Tech University41 -14.86%
Texas Wesleyan University13 +41.67%
The Catholic University of America21 -10.71%
The College of Wooster5 -
The New School62 +41.46%
The University of Tennessee-Martin2 -
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley88 +17.07%
The University of Texas at Tyler25 +26.92%
Tougaloo College3 -87.50%
Trinity International University-Illinois4 -33.33%
Trinity University31 -5.13%
Trinity Washington University3 +50.00%
URBE University3 -
University of Arizona3 -
University of Bridgeport3 -35.29%
University of California-Berkeley265 +1.57%
University of Colorado Boulder43 +242.86%
University of Denver8 +53.85%
University of Houston4 -66.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign42 +26.67%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette15 -54.55%
University of Maine9 +1300.00%
University of Mary15 +31.25%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor15 -43.48%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County61 +15.38%
University of Massachusetts Global12 +180.00%
University of Memphis54 +24.14%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities14 -
University of Missouri-St Louis3 -70.45%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas118 +12.12%
University of North Alabama27 -21.28%
University of North Carolina Asheville38 +26.19%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill344 +1.67%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro79 -8.64%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke35 -11.36%
University of Oregon9 -38.89%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus40 -12.50%
University of San Francisco30 -17.65%
University of Sioux Falls18 +120.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia89 +101.92%
University of South Dakota37 -24.56%
University of South Florida82 -46.15%
University of Southern Indiana11 +7.69%
University of Southern Maine18 +36.84%
University of St Francis8 -33.33%
University of Virginia-Main Campus152 -
University of Washington-Bothell Campus101 -24.32%
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus61 -34.38%
University of West Florida101 -12.90%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee85 +83.05%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point11 -
University of the Incarnate Word10 -
University of the Ozarks7 +400.00%
Ursinus College33 +30.00%
Utah Tech University13 -20.00%
Valdosta State University48 -20.00%
Vassar College14 +31.82%
Virginia Commonwealth University191 -30.85%
Virginia State University49 -37.50%
Virginia Union University10 -38.89%
Voorhees University2 -
Wartburg College14 -25.00%
Washburn University30 -30.56%
Washington College4 +75.00%
Wayne State College9 +11.11%
Webster University17 -16.67%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania85 -
West Virginia Wesleyan College7 -100.00%
Wilberforce University7 -100.00%
Wiley University5 -91.67%
William Carey University1 +75.00%
William Paterson University of New Jersey3 -
Wilson College3 -25.00%
Winona State University40 -7.41%
Winston-Salem State University42 +34.78%
Winthrop University19 -21.21%
Worcester State University18 +10.00%
Wright State University-Main Campus9 -74.29%
Xavier University of Louisiana10 +66.67%
York College of Pennsylvania8 -38.89%