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Communications & media at American

American graduates about 194 communications & media majors a year, 11% of its graduating class. That puts it 7th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $74,000 four years out, 1.24× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

94/100Standout#7 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year19411% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$74,0001.24× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate62%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1430whole school

Around American

This is an outside view of the newest addition to the McKinley Building
McKinley Building Renovated School of CommunicationPhoto: Gr3524a · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
"We dedicate this building to the students of American University who here will
Battelle-Tompkins Memorial Building, American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
"It is highly proper that our group of noble edifices should begin with the Coll
Hurst, "College of History," American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Korean Cherry Trees of American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Media Production Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 26 · Dorm 12 · Library 2 · Athletics 2 · Chapel 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. The University of Texas–Austin 95
  2. Boston University 95
  3. Syracuse University 95
  4. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 95
  5. Tulane University of Louisiana 94
  6. Wake Forest University 94
  7. Villanova University 93
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 92

Other strong majors at American

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares American with every school we score in communications & media. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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