Best Media programs in Minnesota, ranked by enrollment
All media and communication workers not listed.
23 schools in Minnesota run programs that feed this job, graduating 329 people a year. The job pays a median of $71,090 in Minnesota across about 200 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Minnesota that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Minnesota that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Minnesota (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Minnesota page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 09.0101In Minnesota → | 262 | 79.6% | 14 | $34,858 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 09.0702In Minnesota → | 67 | 20.4% | 12 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
Top 23 schools in Minnesota
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 12 of the 23 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 68 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $39,798 | 54% | — | 88% |
| 2 | University of Minnesota - Duluth Duluth, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 43 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $39,706 | 65% | — | 89% |
| 3 | Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN Public · 2 feeder programs | 28 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 57% | — | 59% |
| 4 | Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 26 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $50,074 | 77% | $21,607 | 61% |
| 5 | College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 19 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $45,702 | 77% | $22,583 | 92% |
| 6 | Hamline University Saint Paul, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $42,201 | 60% | $20,981 | 88% |
| 7 | University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $45,100 | 76% | $28,888 | 85% |
| 8 | Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 15 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $36,604 | 52% | $23,585 | 82% |
| 9 | Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 15 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 66% | $25,132 | 99% |
| 10 | Winona State University Winona, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $38,197 | 57% | — | 75% |
| 11 | Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester, MN Public · 2 feeder programs | 11 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $27,798 | 29% | — | — |
| 12 | Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $40,423 | 75% | $19,900 | 91% |
| 13 | Macalester College Saint Paul, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 87% | $21,441 | 29% |
| 14 | Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 45% | — | 62% |
| 15 | Ridgewater College Willmar, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 50% | — | — |
| 16 | University of Northwestern - St Paul Saint Paul, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $40,330 | 68% | $23,114 | 93% |
| 17 | Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 55% | $16,550 | 39% |
| 18 | Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 26% | — | — |
| 19 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 51% | $24,998 | 48% |
| 20 | Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $34,243 | 48% | — | 56% |
| 21 | Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, MN Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 42% | — | — |
| 22 | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 61% | $21,042 | 92% |
| 23 | North Central University Minneapolis, MN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 66% | $23,452 | 99% |
All 23 schools in Minnesota
Every school in Minnesota with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota State University - Mankato | Mankato | Public | 68 | 1 |
| University of Minnesota - Duluth | Duluth | Public | 43 | 1 |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead | Moorhead | Public | 28 | 2 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Saint Peter | Private not-for-profit | 26 | 1 |
| College of Saint Benedict | Saint Joseph | Private not-for-profit | 19 | 1 |
| Hamline University | Saint Paul | Private not-for-profit | 17 | 1 |
| University of St Thomas | Saint Paul | Private not-for-profit | 16 | 1 |
| Augsburg University | Minneapolis | Private not-for-profit | 15 | 2 |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | Minneapolis | Private not-for-profit | 15 | 1 |
| Winona State University | Winona | Public | 14 | 1 |
| Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | Public | 11 | 2 |
| Saint Johns University | Collegeville | Private not-for-profit | 11 | 1 |
| Macalester College | Saint Paul | Private not-for-profit | 9 | 1 |
| Southwest Minnesota State University | Marshall | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Ridgewater College | Willmar | Public | 6 | 1 |
What media and communication workers, all other earn in Minnesota
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $73,620. Minnesota pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Minnesota
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Media and Communication Workers, All Other page.
How to become a Media
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Minnesota
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 3 majors mapped to Media and Communication Workers, All Other3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0101Speech Communication and Rhetoric
- 09.0702Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
- 10.0105Communications Technology/Technician
Common questions
Answers for people weighing media and communication workers, all other programs in Minnesota.
What degree do you need to become a Media?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Speech Communication and Rhetoric, which awarded 262 degrees in Minnesota in 2024-25, 79.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Media?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Communication and Media Studies, Radio. Together they graduate about 329 people a year in Minnesota.
How much do media and communication workers, all other earn in Minnesota?+
The median is $71,090 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.4% below the U.S. median of $73,620. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for media and communication workers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +2.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Minnesota?+
23 institutions in Minnesota reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Short-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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