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Columbia University in the City of New York MA in Communication & Media Studies

87 Master's Degrees Awarded
$92,885 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is Speech Communication. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in communications, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Communications from Columbia Cost?

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

Columbia Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Columbia paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$49,024$49,024
Fees$2,170$2,170

How Much Can You Make With a MA in Communications From Columbia?

$92,885 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of communications students who receive their master’s degree from Columbia is $92,885 per year. That is 91% higher than the national average of $48,686.

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Does Columbia Offer an Online MA in Communications?

Online degrees for the Columbia communications master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.

Columbia Master’s Student Diversity for Communications

87 Master's Degrees Awarded
81.6% Women
23.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 87 students received their master’s degree in communications. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 81.6% of the communications students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 71.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in communications at Columbia in 2019-2020, 23.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian3
Black or African American11
Hispanic or Latino3
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1
White26
International Students37
Other Races/Ethnicities6

MA in Communications Focus Areas at Columbia

Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Speech Communication87

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication and media studies.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Journalism251
Radio, Television & Digital Communication18

View All Communication & Media Studies Related Majors >

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.

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