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Communications & media at Minnesota

Minnesota graduates about 323 communications & media majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 34th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $69,000 four years out, 1.23× what the same major pays nationally.

87/100Standout#34 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year3234% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$69,0001.23× the same major nationally
Research in the field$355Ka year, NSF
Admit rate80%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1500whole school

Around Minnesota

Scholars Walk
University of Minnesota - Scholars Walk (3099117518)Photo: A Gude · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Rose rugosa "Japanese Rose", umn - Flickr - odako1Photo: Koichi Oda · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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McNamara Alumni Center - atrium 06Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota (32718108201)Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Cornell University 88
  2. University of Colorado Boulder 87
  3. University of California, Santa Barbara 87
  4. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 87
  5. University of Washington 87
  6. University of California, Berkeley 87
  7. University of Delaware 87
  8. George Washington University 87

Other strong majors at Minnesota

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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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