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
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
Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Media Psychology
Neurocognitive Communication
Computational Communication
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)