Communications & media at Wisconsin
Wisconsin graduates about 525 communications & media majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 592 schools we score for communications & media, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $67,000 four years out, 1.20× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $12 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Wisconsin
Where communications & media happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Vilas Communication Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.
Nearby in the communications & media ranking
Other strong majors at Wisconsin
- Biology 91 · #14
- Languages 90 · #37
- Math & statistics 89 · #38
- Chemistry & biochem 89 · #25
- Business & finance 89 · #16
- Computer science 88 · #42
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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.