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Northwestern University MA in Communication & Media Studies

83 Master's Degrees Awarded
$78,896 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 Northwestern University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in communications, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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

$56,567 Average Tuition and Fees

Northwestern Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Northwestern paid an average of $6,649 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$56,067$56,067
Fees$500$500

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

$78,896 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

communications who receive their master’s degree from Northwestern make an average of $78,896 a year during the early days of their career. That is 62% higher than the national average of $48,686.

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Does Northwestern Offer an Online MA in Communications?

Online degrees for the Northwestern 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 Northwestern Online Learning page.

Northwestern Master’s Student Diversity for Communications

83 Master's Degrees Awarded
77.1% Women
22.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 83 master’s degrees in communications handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in communications in 2019-2020, 77.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 71.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 22.9% of communications master’s degree recipients at Northwestern in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian4
Black or African American9
Hispanic or Latino4
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White20
International Students6
Other Races/Ethnicities40

MA in Communications Focus Areas at Northwestern

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Speech Communication83

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

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Journalism120
Radio, Television & Digital Communication41
Public Relations & Advertising50
Communication & Journalism (Other)191

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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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