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Elon, NC · Communications & media

Communications & media at Elon

Elon graduates about 400 communications & media majors a year, 26% of its graduating class. That puts it 58th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $65,000 four years out, 1.23× what the same major pays nationally.

83/100Standout#58 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year40026% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$65,0001.23× the same major nationally
Research in the field$264Ka year, NSF
Admit rate66%whole school
SAT middle 50%1170–1360whole school

Around Elon

McEwen Communications Building
Elon McEwen Communications Building (3310827080)Photo: MPD01605 from Sterling, Virginia, United States, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Koury Business Center
Elon Koury Business Center (3310090633)Photo: MPD01605 from Sterling, Virginia, United States, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Koury Business Center
Elon Koury Business Center (3310919850)Photo: MPD01605 from Sterling, Virginia, United States, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Belk Library
Elon Belk Library (3310919398)Photo: MPD01605 from Sterling, Virginia, United States, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 53 · Dorm 27 · Dining 9 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 3 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. University of California, Los Angeles 84
  2. Brown University 84
  3. The Ohio State University 83
  4. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 83
  5. University of California, Davis 83
  6. University of Iowa 83
  7. University of San Francisco 83
  8. Trinity University 83

Other strong majors at Elon

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Elon 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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