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Science Communication M.S.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to deploy contemporary communication tools to communicate science clearly, accurately, and vividly.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to create and assess communication strategies that incorporate audience needs and, when appropriate, stakeholder input.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to manage projects with high degrees of professionalism.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to share discoveries and innovations with diverse audiences through written, verbal, audio, audio/visual, and/or visual communication.

5. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to design effective platform-specific messages.

6. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to apply their own scientific expertise to support accurate, ethical science communication.

7. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to ground their production of different communications in critical thinking skills and research competencies.

8. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to create communication approaches, tools, and platforms that support diversity and inclusivity.

9. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to present a portfolio that synthesizes their experience in the program through the production of a practical, research-based communication product such as a communications or media plan for an organization, a social science research study, or other creative work.

SUCCESS RATES

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3-year graduation rate

1.17

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

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10 years after graduation

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5 years after graduation

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1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

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Working in New York

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Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the master’s program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 three years later. Methodology is parallel to AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024