A program that focuses on the comprehensive study of communication, and that spans the study of mass communication/media studies, old and new media technologies, social and political applications, and speech communication and rhetoric. Includes instruction in interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural communication; theories of communication; critical thinking, argumentation, and persuasion; written communication; printed, electronic, and digital media; rhetorical tradition and criticism; media, society, and culture; consequences and effects of mass media; media social science and criticism; and quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.
| Major | Graduates | Colleges |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 31,370 | 563 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 9,127 | 260 |
| Communication and Media Studies, Other | 1,780 | 94 |