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Communications & media at Michigan

Michigan graduates about 209 communications & media majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 29th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $80,000 four years out, 1.41× 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.

88/100Standout#29 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year2093% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$80,0001.41× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate16%whole school
SAT middle 50%1350–1530whole school

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. University of Pennsylvania 89
  2. Denison University 89
  3. New York University 88
  4. Texas Christian University 88
  5. University of Virginia 88
  6. Cornell University 88
  7. University of Colorado Boulder 87
  8. University of California, Santa Barbara 87

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Michigan 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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