Best Media programs in Ohio, ranked by enrollment
All media and communication workers not listed.
43 schools in Ohio run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,750 people a year. The job pays a median of $45,380 in Ohio across about 130 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Ohio that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in Ohio that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Ohio (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 Ohio page.
Top 25 schools in Ohio
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 23 of the 43 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 452 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $41,232 | 88% | — | 61% |
| 2 | University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH Public · 2 feeder programs | 241 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $41,138 | 75% | — | 85% |
| 3 | Ohio University - Main Campus Athens, OH Public · 2 feeder programs | 219 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $36,666 | 65% | — | 85% |
| 4 | University of Dayton Dayton, OH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 167 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $42,629 | 80% | $28,560 | 65% |
| 5 | Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 109 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $50,938 | 80% | — | 75% |
| 6 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 57 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $26,398 | 64% | — | 86% |
| 7 | Ohio Media School - Valley View Valley View, OH Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 55 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $18,896 | 66% | $26,225 | — |
| 8 | Cedarville University Cedarville, OH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 43 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 73% | $22,701 | 65% |
| 9 | University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH Public · 2 feeder programs | 40 | Communications Technology/Technician | — | 16% | — | — |
| 10 | Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $29,618 | 51% | — | 91% |
| 11 | John Carroll University University Heights, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 36 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $41,072 | 79% | $25,705 | 81% |
| 12 | Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH Public · 2 feeder programs | 32 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $32,284 | 41% | — | — |
| 13 | Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Bowling Green, OH Public · 2 feeder programs | 30 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $29,405 | 64% | — | 81% |
| 14 | University of Toledo Toledo, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 29 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $30,591 | 57% | — | 92% |
| 15 | Ohio Media School - Columbus Columbus, OH Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 28 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $18,896 | 61% | $26,341 | — |
| 16 | Xavier University Cincinnati, OH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 23 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $39,771 | 69% | $31,119 | 86% |
| 17 | Washington County Career Center - Adult Technical Training Marietta, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Communications Technology/Technician | — | 79% | — | — |
| 18 | Wright State University - Main Campus Dayton, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $33,171 | 42% | — | 96% |
| 19 | Ohio University - Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | $36,666 | 14% | — | — |
| 20 | Capital University Columbus, OH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 9 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | $28,045 | 60% | $22,920 | 70% |
| 21 | North Central State College Mansfield, OH Public · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 36% | — | — |
| 22 | Hiram College Hiram, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 55% | $20,210 | 94% |
| 23 | Marietta College Marietta, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 61% | $18,561 | 79% |
| 24 | Ohio Northern University Ada, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 75% | $23,912 | 74% |
| 25 | Muskingum University New Concord, OH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 6 | Speech Communication and Rhetoric | — | 56% | $19,372 | 82% |
All 43 schools in Ohio
Every school in Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus | Public | 452 | 1 |
| University of Cincinnati - Main Campus | Cincinnati | Public | 241 | 2 |
| Ohio University - Main Campus | Athens | Public | 219 | 2 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton | Private not-for-profit | 167 | 2 |
| Miami University - Oxford | Oxford | Public | 109 | 1 |
| Kent State University at Kent | Kent | Public | 57 | 1 |
| Ohio Media School - Valley View | Valley View | Private for-profit | 55 | 1 |
| Cedarville University | Cedarville | Private not-for-profit | 43 | 2 |
| University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College | Blue Ash | Public | 40 | 2 |
| Cleveland State University | Cleveland | Public | 38 | 1 |
| John Carroll University | University Heights | Private not-for-profit | 36 | 1 |
| Sinclair Community College | Dayton | Public | 32 | 2 |
| Bowling Green State University - Main Campus | Bowling Green | Public | 30 | 2 |
| University of Toledo | Toledo | Public | 29 | 1 |
| Ohio Media School - Columbus | Columbus | Private for-profit | 28 | 1 |
What media and communication workers, all other earn in Ohio
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $73,620. Ohio pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Ohio
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 Ohio
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 Ohio.
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 1,258 degrees in Ohio in 2024-25, 71.9% 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 Communication and Media Studies, Radio, Communications Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 1,750 people a year in Ohio.
How much do media and communication workers, all other earn in Ohio?+
The median is $45,380 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 38.4% 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 Ohio?+
43 institutions in Ohio 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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