Communication & Media Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying communication and media studies, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254. Of the 1,249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, 4 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

MIT Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications
• Master’s Degree in Communications

MIT Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications programs across the country. The following shows how MIT performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	1,188

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in communications from MIT. This makes it the #144 most popular school for communications master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communications Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from MIT. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MIT Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 communications majors earned their master's degree from MIT. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in communications each year. MIT does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a communications master's degree from MIT, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MIT also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Reporters and Correspondents	1,050	$53,140
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.