Master of Science in Communications Practice

Jump-start your career in communications by mastering the skills top employers value most.

  • Engage in rigorous study that emphasizes how to think, strategize, and adapt in the rapidly changing world of modern communications.
  • Develop the transferable skills and aptitudes that are most attractive to top-tier employers.
  • Connect with innovative, experienced faculty members who work at the forefront of the New York City communications industry.
  • Get relevant professional experience—and a keen competitive edge in the job market—in a high-quality, resume-building New York City summer internship.
  • Network with top-level industry executives and a strong cohort of career-minded peers.
  • Gain a competitive advantage with an education that provides both wide-focus comprehension of the field as a whole as well as an opportunity to specialize in the communications area most relevant to your career trajectory.
  • Take charge of your career by capitalizing on the reputation of a graduate degree from Columbia University.

“This program doesn’t just give you one skill; it gives you a basket of tools that are transferable to any industry. You are getting the best education in a city that is unparalleled in the world for exposure. These are two things that will equip you for life.”

Adelina Sufian, Class of 2011

Application Deadlines

Fall 2012 application deadlines:

  • January 15, 2012
  • March 15, 2012

Applicants will be notified of their decision 4 - 6 weeks after the deadline for which their application was complete. Applications completed after the final deadline will be considered on a space-available basis.

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