Most Popular Schools for Mass Communication/Media Studies Major & Degree Program

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.

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	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	263	4%	$30,360
7	Middle Tennessee State University	254	5%	$22,964
8	Indiana University-Bloomington	248	2%	$24,779
9	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	221	3%	$33,503
10	Michigan State University	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	Sam Houston State University	156	3%	$22,478
16	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	148	8%	$27,704
17	Washington State University	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	East Tennessee State University	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	Saint Cloud State University	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	Minnesota State University-Mankato	74	2%	$20,482
42	SUNY Oneonta	74	5%	$25,028
43	Illinois State University	73	1%	$29,758
44	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	73	2%	$21,297
45	Missouri State University-Springfield	65	1%	$21,782
46	Virginia State University	65	7%	$23,239
47	Texas State University	61	1%	$23,130
48	Valdosta State University	60	2%	$21,320
49	Stephen F Austin State University	60	2%	$22,156
50	Denison University	58	11%	$66,870
51	Delaware State University	55	8%	$23,420
52	Winona State University	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	Jackson State University	47	3%	$24,029
63	Webster University	47	1%	$45,762
64	Frostburg State University	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	Wright State University-Main Campus	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	California State University-San Marcos	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.