Best Media programs in New York, ranked by enrollment
All media and communication workers not listed.
76 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,437 people a year. The job pays a median of $81,110 in New York across about 770 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New York that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in New York that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New York (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 New York page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 09.0702In New York → | 1,871 | 54.4% | 36 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
| 2 | CIP 09.0101In New York → | 1,555 | 45.2% | 51 | $34,858 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 10.0105In New York → | 11 | 0.3% | 1 | $24,790 | $13,494 |
Top 25 schools in New York
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 33 of the 76 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 542 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $47,666 | 88% | $29,023 | 9% |
| 2 | Pratt Institute - Main Brooklyn, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 301 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 74% | $49,088 | 73% |
| 3 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 283 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $39,226 | 75% | — | 74% |
| 4 | University at Albany Albany, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 180 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $30,792 | 61% | — | 69% |
| 5 | Fordham University Bronx, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 175 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $45,931 | 82% | $38,931 | 59% |
| 6 | The New School New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 145 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $32,169 | 69% | $54,185 | 63% |
| 7 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 140 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | — | — | 68% |
| 8 | State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 129 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $23,551 | 72% | — | 62% |
| 9 | Pace University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 93 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 60% | $29,994 | 76% |
| 10 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 92 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $36,767 | 84% | $28,851 | 46% |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 89 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 96% | $15,315 | 4% |
| 12 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 81 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $71,549 | 70% | $28,133 | 67% |
| 13 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 62 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $27,973 | 69% | — | 70% |
| 14 | Yeshiva University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 60 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 83% | $39,696 | 56% |
| 15 | Manhattan University Riverdale, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $44,016 | 64% | $26,807 | 79% |
| 16 | St. John's University - New York Queens, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $27,234 | 66% | $27,359 | 83% |
| 17 | SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 52 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $41,070 | 71% | — | 66% |
| 18 | SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 49 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 25% | — | — |
| 19 | Ithaca College Ithaca, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 45 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $30,355 | 76% | $28,970 | 69% |
| 20 | State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 41 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 60% | — | 81% |
| 21 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 53% | — | 63% |
| 22 | CUNY City College New York, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 57% | — | 60% |
| 23 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 34 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $39,749 | 59% | — | 78% |
| 24 | St Lawrence University Canton, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $35,414 | 79% | $24,100 | 54% |
| 25 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 85% | $25,874 | 40% |
All 76 schools in New York
Every school in New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 542 | 1 |
| Pratt Institute - Main | Brooklyn | Private not-for-profit | 301 | 1 |
| University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Public | 283 | 2 |
| University at Albany | Albany | Public | 180 | 1 |
| Fordham University | Bronx | Private not-for-profit | 175 | 2 |
| The New School | New York | Private not-for-profit | 145 | 1 |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | New York | Public | 140 | 2 |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | New Paltz | Public | 129 | 2 |
| Pace University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 93 | 2 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse | Private not-for-profit | 92 | 1 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Private not-for-profit | 89 | 2 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester | Private not-for-profit | 81 | 1 |
| SUNY Oneonta | Oneonta | Public | 62 | 1 |
| Yeshiva University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 60 | 1 |
| Manhattan University | Riverdale | Private not-for-profit | 58 | 1 |
What media and communication workers, all other earn in New York
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $73,620. New York pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in New York
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 New York
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 New York.
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 Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, which awarded 1,871 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 54.4% 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 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Radio, Communication and Media Studies, Communications Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 3,437 people a year in New York.
How much do media and communication workers, all other earn in New York?+
The median is $81,110 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.2% above 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 New York?+
76 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 3 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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