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Communications & media at RIT

RIT graduates about 90 communications & media majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 103rd of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $74,000 four years out, 1.52× what the same major pays nationally.

78/100Strong#103 of 592 for communications & media →
Graduates a year904% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$74,0001.52× the same major nationally
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

Around RIT

Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology EECS, Large-Scale Photonic C
PhotonicsForQuantumWorkshop2019IngleAuditoriumEnglundTalkPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Bamboo Room (03-2610) is the seat of student government at the Rochester Ins
RITBambooRoomPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 and 50th anniversary of the Henrie
BrickCityHomecoming2018SAUAtriumPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Demonstration of electric-powered snowmobile, Baja buggy, and formula race cars
ImagineRIT2017MotorsportUnveilingPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 127 · Academic 63 · Student housing 31 · Dining 30 · Athletics 10 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Westmont College 79
  2. Arizona State University 78
  3. University of Kentucky 78
  4. Ithaca College 78
  5. Miami University–Oxford 77
  6. Butler University 77
  7. The College of New Jersey 77
  8. Muhlenberg College 77

Other strong majors at RIT

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT 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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