Mass Communication/Media Studies. Programs

Department of Ed Definition

A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.

School State Control CCCU Member ABHE Member Total Bachelor's Degrees Total Bachelor's Programs Bachelor's Programs Partially Online Bachelor's Programs Fully Online
North Central University MN Private Non-Profit Yes No 3 1 0 0
Texas Southern University TX Public No No 19 1 0 0
Southeastern University FL Private Non-Profit Yes Yes 12 1 0 0
Winthrop University SC Public No No 28 1 0 0
East Tennessee State University TN Public No No 97 1 0 0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC Public No No 422 1 0 0
Grand View University IA Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Culver-Stockton College MO Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
The University of Texas at Tyler TX Public No No 29 1 0 0
Marist College NY Private Non-Profit No No 32 1 0 0
Stephen F Austin State University TX Public No No 61 1 1 0
Frostburg State University MD Public No No 33 1 0 0
West Virginia Wesleyan College WV Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
Pomona College CA Private Non-Profit No No 18 1 0 0
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi TX Public No No 30 1 0 0
Lander University SC Public No No 27 1 0 0
Principia College IL Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Fisher College MA Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 1 0
Elizabethtown College PA Private Non-Profit No No 28 1 0 0
Texas State University TX Public No No 30 1 0 0
CUNY Hunter College NY Public No No 147 1 0 0
University of Southern Indiana IN Public No No 20 1 0 0
Wiley College TX Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
LIM College NY Private For-Profit No No 44 1 0 0
Lock Haven University PA Public No No 6 1 0 0
Miami University-Oxford OH Public No No 60 1 0 0
University of the Ozarks AR Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
Central Connecticut State University CT Public No No 30 1 0 0
Marymount Manhattan College NY Private Non-Profit No No 16 1 0 0
Stephens College MO Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Louisiana State University-Shreveport LA Public No No 16 1 0 1
Medaille College NY Private Non-Profit No No 12 1 0 0
Western Kentucky University KY Public No No 0 1 0 0
Winston-Salem State University NC Public No No 32 1 0 0
University of Sioux Falls SD Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
Temple University PA Public No No 95 1 0 0
Saint Michael's College VT Private Non-Profit No No 19 1 0 0
Texas Christian University TX Private Non-Profit No No 22 1 0 0
Brown University RI Private Non-Profit No No 32 1 0 0
Trinity International University-Illinois IL Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
East Central University OK Public No No 17 1 0 0
Northwest Nazarene University ID Private Non-Profit Yes No 5 1 0 0
McNeese State University LA Public No No 30 1 0 0
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 81 1 0 0
Jacksonville University FL Private Non-Profit No No 13 1 0 0
Marquette University WI Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Saint Ambrose University IA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Anderson University IN Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Castleton University VT Public No No 0 1 0 0
Albion College MI Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Albany State University GA Public No No 15 1 0 0
Louisiana State University-Alexandria LA Public No No 0 1 0 0
Alderson Broaddus University WV Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
American University DC Private Non-Profit No No 25 1 0 0
Ohio University-Main Campus OH Public No No 2 1 0 0
Dean College MA Private Non-Profit No No 12 1 0 0
Iona College NY Private Non-Profit No No 68 1 0 0
Brenau University GA Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 1 0
Morningside University IA Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
Belmont University TN Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Southern University and A & M College LA Public No No 29 1 0 0
The New School NY Private Non-Profit No No 40 1 0 0
Montana State University Billings MT Public No No 6 1 1 0
Mount Mercy University IA Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
Virginia Commonwealth University VA Public No No 257 1 0 0
Hannibal-LaGrange University MO Private Non-Profit Yes No 0 1 0 0
Pitzer College CA Private Non-Profit No No 13 1 0 0
Cedar Crest College PA Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Lane College TN Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
CUNY Queens College NY Public No No 116 1 0 0
Central Washington University WA Public No No 0 1 0 0
Loras College IA Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Concordia University Ann Arbor MI Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
University of South Dakota SD Public No No 60 1 0 0
Mississippi College MS Private Non-Profit Yes No 3 1 0 0
York College of Pennsylvania PA Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Valdosta State University GA Public No No 50 1 0 0
North Carolina Central University NC Public No No 59 1 0 0
Indiana University-South Bend IN Public No No 4 1 0 0
Vassar College NY Private Non-Profit No No 15 1 0 0
University of North Carolina at Pembroke NC Public No No 51 1 0 0
Texas Tech University TX Public No No 54 1 0 0
Paine College GA Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Denison University OH Private Non-Profit No No 48 1 0 0
Florida Southern College FL Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
Muhlenberg College PA Private Non-Profit No No 56 1 0 0
New England College NH Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
The University of West Florida FL Public No No 98 1 0 0
Barton College NC Private Non-Profit No No 11 1 0 0
University of the Pacific CA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Suffolk University MA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Wayne State College NE Public No No 9 1 0 0
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA Public No No 92 1 0 0
Point Park University PA Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 1
Trinity Washington University DC Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Public No No 0 1 0 0
Dillard University LA Private Non-Profit No No 17 1 0 0
Roosevelt University IL Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Westminster College UT Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
South Carolina State University SC Public No No 18 1 0 0
University of Denver CO Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 2 1 0 0
Piedmont University GA Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Randolph College VA Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
University of Colorado Boulder CO Public No No 21 1 0 0
Delaware Valley University PA Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
University of South Florida FL Public No No 129 1 0 0
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 7 1 0 0
Western Oregon University OR Public No No 0 1 0 0
University of Missouri-St Louis MO Public No No 21 1 0 0
Governors State University IL Public No No 5 1 0 0
Eastern Oregon University OR Public No No 1 1 1 0
Elon University NC Private Non-Profit No No 22 1 0 0
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA Public No No 153 1 0 0
Maryville University of Saint Louis MO Private Non-Profit No No 19 1 1 0
Grambling State University LA Public No No 39 1 0 0
Trinity University TX Private Non-Profit No No 30 1 0 0
Brigham Young University UT Private Non-Profit No No 84 1 0 0
The Pennsylvania State University PA Public No No 80 1 0 0
Endicott College MA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Public No No 0 1 0 0
Xavier University of Louisiana LA Private Non-Profit No No 12 1 0 0
Voorhees College SC Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
Oglethorpe University GA Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Augsburg University MN Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Virginia Union University VA Private Non-Profit No No 11 1 0 0
Colorado Mesa University CO Public No No 22 1 0 0
Austin College TX Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Public No No 1 1 0 0
Susquehanna University PA Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC Public No No 79 1 0 0
North Park University IL Private Non-Profit Yes No 7 1 0 0
University of the District of Columbia DC Public No No 0 1 0 0
Ferrum College VA Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Ursinus College PA Private Non-Profit No No 20 1 0 0
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
Colby-Sawyer College NH Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
Worcester State University MA Public No No 16 1 0 0
Pace University NY Private Non-Profit No No 131 1 0 0
Lewis University IL Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Western New England University MA Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
North Greenville University SC Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
University of Massachusetts Global CA Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 1 0
Baker University KS Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
Southern Connecticut State University CT Public No No 4 1 0 0
Benedict College SC Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor TX Private Non-Profit Yes No 16 1 0 0
Florida State College at Jacksonville FL Public No No 25 1 0 0
University of Bridgeport CT Private Non-Profit No No 20 1 0 0
University of North Carolina at Asheville NC Public No No 55 1 0 0
Tougaloo College MS Private Non-Profit No No 11 1 0 0
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville IL Public No No 57 1 0 0
Saint Norbert College WI Private Non-Profit No No 22 1 0 0
Webster University MO Private Non-Profit No No 28 1 0 1
University of the Incarnate Word TX Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Public No No 247 1 1 0
Flagler College FL Private Non-Profit No No 13 1 0 0
Baldwin Wallace University OH Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Olivet Nazarene University IL Private Non-Profit Yes No 30 1 0 0
Missouri Valley College MO Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
Oakwood University AL Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
SUNY at Purchase College NY Public No No 10 1 0 0
Stony Brook University NY Public No No 0 1 0 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Public No No 129 1 0 0
Saint Cloud State University MN Public No No 56 1 0 0
Claflin University SC Private Non-Profit No No 32 1 0 0
Washburn University KS Public No No 35 1 0 0
Colorado State University Pueblo CO Public No No 30 1 0 0
Claremont McKenna College CA Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
University of San Francisco CA Private Non-Profit No No 51 1 0 0
Towson University MD Public No No 0 1 0 0
Bethel College-North Newton KS Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
Lynn University FL Private Non-Profit No No 17 1 0 1
Willamette University OR Private Non-Profit No No 19 1 0 0
Ouachita Baptist University AR Private Non-Profit Yes No 1 1 0 0
Austin Peay State University TN Public No No 77 1 0 1
Concordia University-Saint Paul MN Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
Morris College SC Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Texas Wesleyan University TX Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
University of Houston TX Public No No 6 1 0 0
Southern Nazarene University OK Private Non-Profit Yes No 4 1 0 1
Shaw University NC Private Non-Profit No No 11 1 0 0
Fort Valley State University GA Public No No 16 1 0 0
Berea College KY Private Non-Profit No No 17 1 0 0
University of St Francis IL Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
University of Maine ME Public No No 11 1 0 0
William Carey University MS Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
Clarion University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 20 1 0 0
Linfield University-McMinnville Campus OR Private Non-Profit No No 11 1 0 0
Michigan State University MI Public No No 300 1 0 0
Middle Tennessee State University TN Public No No 70 1 0 0
Nicholls State University LA Public No No 18 1 0 0
Point Loma Nazarene University CA Private Non-Profit Yes No 13 1 0 0
Anna Maria College MA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Seton Hill University PA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
SUNY College at Oswego NY Public No No 0 1 0 0
Kuyper College MI Private Non-Profit Yes Yes 1 1 0 0
Scripps College CA Private Non-Profit No No 16 1 0 0
Houston Baptist University TX Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 20 1 0 0
Sam Houston State University TX Public No No 124 1 0 0
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN Public No No 42 1 0 0
The College of Wooster OH Private Non-Profit No No 1 1 0 0
Auburn University AL Public No No 59 1 0 0
Carson-Newman University TN Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Florida College FL Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
CUNY Lehman College NY Public No No 63 1 0 0
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Public No No 36 1 0 0
Heidelberg University OH Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
Bridgewater College VA Private Non-Profit No No 14 1 0 0
Hofstra University NY Private Non-Profit No No 6 1 0 0
Virginia State University VA Public No No 58 1 0 0
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
Miami University-Hamilton OH Public No No 0 1 0 0
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA Public No No 29 1 0 0
Emory & Henry College VA Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
California State University-San Marcos CA Public No No 26 1 0 0
Missouri State University-Springfield MO Public No No 18 1 0 0
Rochester University MI Private Non-Profit No No 23 1 1 0
Mercer University GA Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Columbia International University SC Private Non-Profit Yes Yes 3 1 0 0
Jackson State University MS Public No No 14 1 0 0
Bemidji State University MN Public No No 12 1 0 0
Emerson College MA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Oral Roberts University OK Private Non-Profit Yes No 4 1 0 1
Washington College MD Private Non-Profit No No 14 1 0 0
Meredith College NC Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Bethune-Cookman University FL Private Non-Profit No No 34 1 0 0
Quinnipiac University CT Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Oklahoma Christian University OK Private Non-Profit Yes No 2 1 0 0
Adrian College MI Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
Midwestern State University TX Public No No 20 1 0 0
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Public No No 440 1 0 0
LeTourneau University TX Private Non-Profit Yes No 3 1 0 0
University of Jamestown ND Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Texas A&M University-Texarkana TX Public No No 5 1 0 0
University of Evansville IN Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
University of California-Berkeley CA Public No No 268 1 0 0
Francis Marion University SC Public No No 12 1 0 0
Concordia University-Wisconsin WI Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Salem State University MA Public No No 1 1 0 0
North Carolina A & T State University NC Public No No 144 1 0 0
University of Arizona AZ Public No No 0 1 0 1
Spalding University KY Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 1
Wilson College PA Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
Greenville University IL Private Non-Profit Yes No 2 1 0 0
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX Public No No 92 1 0 0
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC Public No No 103 1 0 0
Hobart William Smith Colleges NY Private Non-Profit No No 47 1 0 0
Winona State University MN Public No No 60 1 0 0
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD Public No No 76 1 0 0
DePaul University IL Private Non-Profit No No 129 1 0 1
Saint Joseph's College of Maine ME Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
Lindenwood University MO Private Non-Profit No No 21 1 0 1
University of Mary ND Private Non-Profit No No 18 1 0 0
University of Memphis TN Public No No 73 1 1 0
Concord University WV Public No No 13 1 0 0
East Texas Baptist University TX Private Non-Profit Yes No 12 1 0 0
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WI Public No No 0 1 0 0
Southwestern Assemblies of God University TX Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
University of North Alabama AL Public No No 41 1 0 0
Delaware State University DE Public No No 56 1 0 0
Florida International University FL Public No No 142 1 0 0
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ Public No No 241 1 1 0
Hawaii Pacific University HI Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
Dixie State University UT Public No No 19 1 0 0
Augustana University SD Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Huston-Tillotson University TX Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
Mount Saint Mary College NY Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
Washington State University WA Public No No 0 1 0 0
Lindsey Wilson College KY Private Non-Profit No No 8 1 0 0
Muskingum University OH Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Hampshire College MA Private Non-Profit No No 2 1 0 0
SUNY Oneonta NY Public No No 65 1 0 0
Central Christian College of Kansas KS Private Non-Profit Yes No 5 1 0 0
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA Public No No 78 1 0 0
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Public No No 25 1 0 0
Bentley University MA Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Five Towns College NY Private For-Profit No No 13 1 0 0
Wayland Baptist University TX Private Non-Profit Yes No 0 1 0 0
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Public No No 5 1 0 0
Illinois State University IL Public No No 71 1 0 0
Briar Cliff University IA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Johnson C Smith University NC Private Non-Profit No No 23 1 0 0
Wartburg College IA Private Non-Profit No No 17 1 0 0
Northern Vermont University VT Public No No 1 1 0 0
Macalester College MN Private Non-Profit No No 9 1 0 0
Black Hills State University SD Public No No 11 1 0 0
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI Public No No 96 1 0 0
Walla Walla University WA Private Non-Profit Yes No 0 1 0 0
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Public No No 47 1 0 0
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Campbellsville University KY Private Non-Profit Yes No 4 1 0 0
Midland University NE Private Non-Profit No No 3 1 0 0
Lubbock Christian University TX Private Non-Profit Yes No 6 1 0 0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Private Non-Profit No No 4 1 0 0
University of Oregon OR Public No No 19 1 0 0
Alcorn State University MS Public No No 12 1 0 0
Idaho State University ID Public No No 0 1 0 0
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Private Non-Profit No No 10 1 0 0
The Catholic University of America DC Private Non-Profit No No 17 1 0 0
Trevecca Nazarene University TN Private Non-Profit Yes No 7 1 0 0
University of Southern Maine ME Public No No 20 1 0 0
Otterbein University OH Private Non-Profit No No 5 1 0 0
Washington University in St Louis MO Private Non-Profit No No 0 1 0 0
Talladega College AL Private Non-Profit No No 7 1 0 0
Johnson University TN Private Non-Profit Yes Yes 3 1 0 0
School State Control CCCU Member ABHE Member Total Bachelor's Degrees Total Bachelor's Programs Bachelor's Programs Partially Online Bachelor's Programs Fully Online