Fourteen graduate students pose in front of the Nittany Lion shrine, a large sculpture of a mountain lion carved out of limestone.

Graduate Programs

The Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications offers a master’s degree in media studies and Ph.D. in mass communications. Our curriculum allows students to design a program of study tailored to their interests, choosing from an array of classes each semester that explore theory and cutting-edge research methods in mass communication.

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Feb 25, 2025 Retired professor's book details rich history of media effects study in US

Nov 19, 2024 From the newsroom, doctoral student studies journalism’s modern-day challenges

Oct 24, 2024 More user control may help ease negative reactions to ads on voice assistants

Sep 26, 2024 Two Pulitzer Prize winners highlight annual Foster-Foreman Conference

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    No. 2 in the world for communications, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which released its 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

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    three International Communication Fellows: Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Mary Beth Oliver and S. Shyam Sundar

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    of our faculty are editors or senior editors for major journals: - Computers in Human Behavior (Bu Zhong) - Mass Communication & Society (Michael Schmierbach) - Journal of Media Ethics (Patrick Plaisance) - Journal of Information Policy (Krishna Jayakar)