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Media and Cinema Studies will prepare you for careers in media, information, creative, and visual industries. Students in this major learn to interact with everyday media technologies. Our interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving. If you join our program, you'll learn how to navigate an ever-changing media landscape both today and in the future. You’ll be able to understand the media you consume as well as produce complex media of your own. You will also have the flexibility to design a path of study based on your own interests and goals.
70% employed or continuing education
51% employed after graduation
19% attending graduate school
$34,167 average starting annual income
Sample employer destinations: [Self-Employed] (1), All3Media International (1), Avenue B2B Marketing Strategy and Activation (1) View All
Sample grad school destinations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology View All
4.0 years to degree
100% first-year retention rate
82% four-year graduation rate
82% six-year graduation rate