Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

If you plan to study radio, television and digital communication, take a look at what Minneapolis College of Art and Design has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MCAD is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 760 students attend the school each year. Of the 148 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2021, 4 of them were radio, television and digital communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Radio, Television & Digital Communication section at the bottom of this page.

MCAD Radio, Television & Digital Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Communication

MCAD Radio, Television & Digital Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks digital communication programs across the country. The following shows how MCAD 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 digital communication major at MCAD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Radio, Television & Digital Communication. 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 Radio, TV & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools	84
Most Popular Radio, TV & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Most Popular Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools	360

Digital Communication Student Demographics at MCAD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the digital communication majors at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

MCAD Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of digital communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its digital communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a bachelor's in digital communication.

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

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

Related Majors

Careers That Digital Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in digital communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Producers and Directors	1,420	$73,110
Media and Communication Workers	610	$67,340
Communications Professors	560	$67,630

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 McGhiever under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.