Facts and Figures
The Newhouse School is the most comprehensive standalone school of communication in the country, offering programs that span the communications industry.
Degrees
- Advanced media management (M.S.)
- Advertising (B.S., M.A.)
- Arts, style and culture journalism (Goldring Program) (M.A.)
- Audio arts (joint M.A. with the College of Visual and Performing Arts)
- Broadcast and digital journalism (B.S.*, M.S.)
- Communications (M.S., online only)
- Communications management (M.S., online only)
- Esports communications and management (joint B.S. with Falk College)
- Journalism (B.S.)
- Magazine, news and digital journalism (B.S.*, M.A.)
- Mass communications (Ph.D.)
- Media studies (M.A.)
- Multimedia, photography and design (M.S.)
- Music business (Bandier Program) (M.S.)
- Public diplomacy and global communications (joint M.A. with the Maxwell School)
- Public relations (B.S., M.S.)
- Recording and entertainment industries (Bandier Program) (B.S.)
- Television, radio and film (B.S., M.A.)
- Visual communications (B.S.)
*Starting in fall of 2025, the broadcast and digital journalism and magazine, news and digital journalism programs will be part of the new journalism major.
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Faculty
More than 90 full-time instructional faculty and approximately 50 adjunct faculty on our main campus. Additional adjunct faculty teach at our Newhouse NYC, Newhouse LA, Newhouse DC and online programs.
Staff
Approximately 100 staff
Alumni
More than 28,000 alumni
Enrollment
Approximately 2,100 undergraduates, 180 residential master’s degree students, 175 online master’s degree students and 27 doctoral degree students
Selectivity
Newhouse received approximately 5,000 applications for a first-year class of 475. The typical admitted first-year student has a 3.9 GPA. On the graduate level, the school receives approximately 600 applications each year for about 180 spots in on-campus master’s programs. The average GPA of undergraduate students admitted to the graduate programs is 3.4, though it varies by program.
Accreditation
The Newhouse School is one of 100+ mass communications schools accredited through the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). Our voluntary participation in self-assessment and external review helps ensure a consistently high-quality education for our students. This accreditation reflects our commitment to nine standards that translate into small class sizes, hands-on learning experiences, an introduction to communications law, comprehensive advising and career development and a strong liberal arts foundation. To learn more about accreditation and why it matters, visit www.acejmc.org.