College Profile

RANKINGS & RECOGNITION

#5

IN THE WORLD

for Communication
(ShanghaiRanking 2023)

#13

RANKING

in Communication and Media Studies
(QS World Rankings 2024)

#9

IN THE UNITED STATES

in Game Design
(Princeton Review 2024)

100%

JOB PLACEMENT

for Professional Sales Education
(Sales Education Foundation 2024 Annual Report)

Top 10

 

in four academic programs compared to peers
(Academic Analytics)

WKAR

 

2023 Public TV Station of the Year and Public Radio Group 2 Station of the Year

OUR COMMUNITY

4,000+

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

190+

GRADUATE STUDENTS

1,000+

GRADUATES ANNUALLY

280

FACULTY
& STAFF

58,000+

ACTIVE ALUMNI NETWORK

21

PROGRAMS

5

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

29+

CENTERS & LABS


ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

 

  • > Advertising + Public Relations
  • > Communication
  • > Communicative Sciences & Disorders
  • > School of Journalism
  • > Media & Information

 

PUBLIC BROADCASTING

 

WKAR | PBS | NPR
NextGen TV

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

 

13 STUDY ABROAD programs.

6 FIELD EXPERIENCE opportunities in L.A., N.Y.C., Chicago, Detroit, San Fransisco, and Atlanta.

WKAR communications, production, news, education, and development opportunities for 25+ students.

COMARTSCI creative agency, 42pointSEVEN.

OVER HALF of ComArtSci students that participate in experiential learning earn credit for experiential learning.

ACADEMICS


UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

Advertising Management B.S.
Communication B.A.
Communication Leadership and Strategy B.A.
Communicative Sciences and Disorders B.S.
Creative Advertising B.A.
Digital Storytelling B.A.
Games and Interactive Media B.A.
Information Science B.A.
Journalism B.A.
Public Relations B.A.


MASTERS PROGRAMS

Advertising and Public Relations
Communication
Communicative Sciences & Disorders
Health & Risk Communication

Journalism
Media & Information
Strategic Communication (Online)


PH.D. PROGRAMS

Communication
Communicative Sciences & Disorders
Information & Media

THEMATIC RESEARCH AREAS

Heart

Healthy People, Healthy Planet

 

Cell Phone

Media Psychology

 

Brain

Neurocognitive Communication

 

Network Web

Computational Communication

 

VR Headset

Game Design and Development

 

Human-Centered Technology

Journalism, News, and Information

Global & Multicultural Communication

Political Communication & Civic Engagement

Media Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship

Policy & Governance

34 FELLOWS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (ICA) ARE GRADUATES OR FACULTY FROM COMARTSCI

CENTERS & LABS

  • > Analysis of Voice and Hearing Laboratory (AVAH Lab)
  • > Center for Avatar Research and Immersive Social Media Applications (CARISMA)
  • > Clinical Applications of Speech Acoustics Lab
  • > CMC Interaction Lab
  • > Developmental Speech Lab
  • > Family Communication and Relationships Lab
  • > Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab (GEL)
  • > Health & Risk Communication Center (HRCC)
  • > Interdisciplinary Laboratory for research on Communication, Attention, and the Science of Emotion (CASE Lab)
  • > Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
  • > Lingo Lab
  • > Lip-Tongue-Larynx Lab
  • > Media and Advertising Psychology (MAP) Lab
  • > Neuroscience of Messages Lab
  • > NextGen Media Innovation Lab (ComArtSci/WKAR)
  • > Nexus Lab for Computational Communication
  • > Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
  • > Rooms Laboratory
  • > Social & Media Neuroscience Lab (SMN)
  • > Social and Psychological Approaches to Research on Technology-Interaction Effects (SPARTIE) Lab
  • > Spartan Newsroom
  • > Spartan Stuttering Lab
  • > Speech Neurophysiology Lab
  • > Speech, Language, & Neurocognition Lab (MSU Speech Perception-Production Lab)
  • > The Center for Journalism Studies
  • > The Civic Infrastructure Lab
  • > The Media Greenhouse (Newsroom and Immersive Media/Gaming Lab)
  • > Theoretical and Applied Research on Media Affect and Cognition (TARMAC) Lab
  • > Trifecta Technology and Research Innovation for Health (joint w/EGR & NUR)
  • > Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics Lab (V-BAL)