Department of Communication & Journalism
Albuquerque, USA
Certificate
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico offers undergraduate majors and minors in communication, multimedia journalism, and strategic communication, plus M.A. and Ph.D. degrees emphasizing culture and change. Faculty publish internationally and teach courses. The campus hosts over 1,300 international students and over 90 student groups. The AMIGO scholarship is available to students with a 3.5/4.0 GPA and provides up to $23,000 off tuition.
Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue roles as journalist, multimedia reporter, public relations specialist, strategic communicator, media analyst, communication researcher, or university teacher in media, corporate, non-profits, government, advertising, and cultural organizations.
Communicating for a Better World
The Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico creates excellence in learning through academic scholarship, teaching, and service to the community and the field.
Our faculty are nationally and internationally renowned for their research and are known on campus as excellent teachers, regularly winning university-wide awards.
Our students are diverse, on a domestic and global scale, and bring a passion for understanding, and engaging in, the role communication plays in the creation of our world.
We offer majors and minors in communication, multimedia journalism, and strategic communication. Our undergraduate communication program has emphases in interpersonal, intercultural, environmental, organizational, public, and media studies. Our graduate program for M.A. and Ph.D degrees has a distinctive focus on the role of culture and change in communication.