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Communications & media at Indiana

Indiana graduates about 522 communications & media majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 53rd of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $63,000 four years out, 1.11× 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.

84/100Standout#53 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year5227% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$63,0001.11× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate78%whole school
SAT middle 50%1180–1400whole school

Around Indiana

Front of the India Studies Program offices, located at 825 E. Eighth Street in B
Eighth Street, 825, India Studies Program, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the house at 816-820 E. Eighth Street in Bloomington, Indiana, United S
Eighth Street, 816-820, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the Applied Health Science Annex, located at 309 N. Woodlawn Avenue in
Woodlawn Avenue, 309, Applied Health Science Annex, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the Hutton Honors College (formerly the Delta Zeta sorority house), loc
Seventh Street, 809-815, Hutton Honors College, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source

Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 136 · Dorm 30 · Arts 10 · Athletics 8 · Chapel 5 · Student housing 4.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Marquette University 85
  2. University of Denver 85
  3. Georgia Institute of Technology 85
  4. University of Oregon 84
  5. University of Utah 84
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 84
  7. Brown University 84
  8. The Ohio State University 83

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Indiana 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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