Communication and media

Students enter as Pre-Communication and qualify for the full major after COMM 1, 87, 88 and 89. They need at least a 3.0 GPA across those courses and no grade below C-.

The Communication Studies BA lists no separate program admission process. Students follow the major curriculum and UNC degree requirements.

The typical pathway begins in the communication pre-major. Applicants to the major must complete COMM 1100 and COMM 1101 with C- or better; admission is competitive and based on cumulative GPA, completion of the pre-major courses and enrollment capacity. Select first-year students may instead receive direct admission based on their high school academic profile.

The online Bachelor of Science in Communication is available to first-year students through ASU Online and states no program-specific competitive admission decision beyond ASU's general first-year admission requirements.

Communication Studies is a restricted major with limited seats. Priority applications are due March 30 for summer/fall and October 1 for spring, with rolling review only if space remains.

Before Journalism major status, complete the pre-major plus JOUR 130A and 130B with C- or better. Students with a 2.3 Sac State GPA may request early admission.

If a first-year student is admitted to IU Bloomington and indicates a major in The Media School, you begin studies in that major at the start of freshman year; the school states no separate competitive admission decision for Journalism or its other standard undergraduate media majors.

Freshman applications are reviewed by the Texas A&M Office of Admissions, which makes the admission decision; the Department of Communication and Journalism states that it has no role in that process.

First-year applicants to MSU select a major preference rather than applying to a separately selective Communication program. The Communication B.A. lists its degree requirements but no additional competitive admission application or entrance bar.

All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.

Communication Studies requires a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and grades of C or better in COMM 110, COMM 131 and COMM 130, with at least a 2.5 GPA across those three preparation courses, before admission to the major.

First-years apply to UB and indicate Communication; current students may change to the major through the standard major-change process.

After 30 hours, Manship applicants need B- in MC 2010 and MC 2011 and submit an essay and resume; a 3.0 GPA or higher receives priority.

No application is required for the Communication Arts major. There are no courses, GPA, or credit requirements to get in; all students who meet the stated university and college conditions are eligible to declare.

Any UMass Amherst student in good academic standing may join the Communication major; no prerequisite courses are required to declare.

Students are admitted directly to their chosen Communication Arts major at the University. The program states a minimum 2.0 GPA for lower-division and upper-division non-Communication Arts courses and a minimum 2.0 GPA for all FIU courses, but no separate competitive admission decision.

First-year applicants select a first-choice major and must answer two major-specific essays: one describing a recent experience related to that major and one explaining their goals and how the selected major will help achieve them.

43% · 2025 first-year applicants listing a College of Media major as first choice

The Department of Communication states that the major has no prerequisites or GPA requirements: if a student is admitted to USF, you may declare Communication, and the program is not limited access.

Admission to UCF constitutes automatic admission to the communication major.

Communication is capacity-constrained. Applicants must be UW Seattle matriculated students, have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA and 2.5 Communication GPA, complete COM 200 and another 200-level COM course before applying, and submit the departmental application including transcripts and a personal statement.

Admission to the Communication major is selective. Before applying, students must complete at least 15 Rutgers credits with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA, complete College Writing or equivalent with C or better, and complete Introduction to Communication and Information Processes with C or better.

First-year applicants apply directly to Communication Studies through SJSU admission. For Fall 2027, CSU-eligible applicants are ranked within the major under the university's impaction formula and admitted to available major capacity.

First-years apply to Annenberg through USC's Common App; no lower-division prerequisites or supplemental portfolio are required. A second-choice major outside Annenberg is strongly recommended.

To declare Media Studies, students must complete all four prerequisites with a grade of C or better in each, have at least a 2.0 GPA in the prerequisites and any other completed courses applying to the major, and submit the Major Declaration Form within a published declaration period.

Communication students are admitted only to the pre-major. Entry to the major requires completion of the General Education oral communication requirement plus six units selected from COMM 160, 201, 204 and 245 with C or higher and a 2.75 average, 45-90 transferable semester units, and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75.

Students admitted to the University of Utah may declare the Communication BA/BS by filing the major-declaration form; no separate competitive admission is stated.

Students can declare or change to Communication through UConn's online major-change process; no separate competitive admission is stated.

No prerequisite courses are required to declare the Communication major. Continuing students need at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA and no pending incomplete grades and complete the department's information session, entry survey and academic agreement; there is no competitive admission decision.

Entering first-years may request School of Communication admission upon ECU acceptance and need at least a 3.0 unweighted high-school GPA before declaring.

First-time freshmen who designate Communication as their major by the end of their first semester are admitted directly to the program. To remain in the major at 45 UMD credits, they must complete an approved statistics course, COMM107 or COMM200 or COMM230, and COMM250 with grades of C- or better and maintain at least a 2.0 GPA.

Students begin Pre-Communication and apply to declare after prerequisites. Need a 2.0 cumulative GPA and C or better in COMM 1101, 2100, 2104 and introductory statistics.

Communication Studies is not one of CSUN's impacted freshman majors for 2026-27 or 2027-28, and its catalog lists the degree coursework without a separate competitive admission application or program-specific entrance threshold.

Only regularly enrolled UCLA undergraduates may apply. Applicants need at least 45 UCLA letter-graded units and at least two UCLA letter-graded major courses, including Communication 10; admission is competitive.

Students may declare Communication Studies after completing COMM 150 with C or better and being in good academic standing; no competitive program application is stated.

Virginia Tech's School of Communication majors are unrestricted and accept internal transfer students; the school states that students may change into these majors after the first semester and attendance at an Explore Communication information session, with no competitive program admission decision.

Students remain pre-major until COM 216 is graded, then work with advising to move into the Communication Studies major before taking its reserved core courses.