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Communications & media at Illinois

Illinois graduates about 534 communications & media majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 17th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $73,000 four years out, 1.23× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

90/100Standout#17 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year5346% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$73,0001.23× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate42%whole school
SAT middle 50%1320–1510whole school

Around Illinois

Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, IL
Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, ILPhoto: Nick Number · CC BY 4.0 · source
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States
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Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Chapman University 92
  2. Southern Methodist University 92
  3. Boston College 92
  4. Santa Clara University 91
  5. Fordham University 90
  6. Northeastern University 90
  7. Michigan State University 89
  8. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 89

Other strong majors at Illinois

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois 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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