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Communications & media at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 232 communications & media majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 53rd of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $5 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 year2323% of the class
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

Six YAL activists gathered with Gadsden Flag and beach ball at the University of
YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Professor Tao with his Devoted StudentsPhoto: SATSAT2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source
UCLA Veterans Social 264
UCLA Veterans Social 264 (5715096209)Photo: SupportPDX from Portland, Oregon, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where communications & media happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the communications & media ranking

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology 85
  2. University of Oregon 84
  3. Indiana University–Bloomington 84
  4. University of Utah 84
  5. Brown University 84
  6. The Ohio State University 83
  7. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 83
  8. Elon University 83

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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