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Communications & media at Mizzou

Mizzou graduates about 623 communications & media majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 43rd of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $67,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#43 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year62312% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$67,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate78%whole school
SAT middle 50%1140–1340whole school

Around Mizzou

Faurot Field at the University of Missouri.
Faurot Field AerialPhoto: Lectrician2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Stankowski Field, Mizzou
Stankowski Field, Mizzou - panoramioPhoto: VoyagerMU · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Tiger at Mizzou, on the South Quad
The Tiger at Mizzou, on the South Quad - panoramioPhoto: VoyagerMU · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Brady Commons, gutted and under construction, University of Missouri
Brady Commons, gutted and under construction, University of Missouri - panoramioPhoto: VoyagerMU · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Reynolds Journalism Institute, Journalism Tower.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 137 · Dorm 63 · Student housing 58 · Athletics 16 · Arts 3 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 87
  2. University of Delaware 87
  3. George Washington University 87
  4. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 87
  5. Howard University 86
  6. University of San Diego 86
  7. Fairfield University 86
  8. University at Buffalo–SUNY 85

Other strong majors at Mizzou

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Mizzou 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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