by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering media arts, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of media arts, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 2 | 32,944 |
| Advertising | 1 | 4,308 |
| American History (United States) | 1 | 242 |
| American Government and Politics (United States) | 1 | 286 |
| Anthropology, General | 1 | 10,087 |
| Anthropology, Other | 1 | 150 |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 1 | 6,914 |
| Applied Demography | 1 | — |
| Applied Economics | 1 | 368 |
| Applied Psychology | 1 | 2,998 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Radio and Television | 5,653 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other | 878 |
As a more focused area within Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, media arts shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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