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    Media Management (MS)

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    Admission Contact
    Merida Escandon Gasbarro
    72 Fifth Avenue, 1st floor
    New York, NY 10011
    646.909.1108
    [email protected]

    Program Contact
    School of Media Studies
    6 E 16th Street, 5th Floor
    New York, NY 10003
    [email protected]
    212.229.8903

  • The master's program in Media Management offers you the advanced tools, practical experience, and professional network you need to succeed as a leader in today's rapidly evolving media industries. Whether you want to advance your media career or launch a new enterprise, our faculty of industry experts provide a solid foundation in the latest practices and concepts for managing traditional and emergent media organizations and platforms.

    • Degree Master of Science
    • Credits 36
    • Format Full-time or part-time, on campus or online
    • Duration 2 years (full-time)
    • Start Term Fall or Spring

    Program Highlights

    • Multitalented managers and makers

      Combine advanced business and leadership capacities with creative production skills to create media that makes a difference.

    • International community

      More than one third of students come from outside of the United States, enabling you to participate in a classroom community of diverse global perspectives.

    • Global media capital

      Study in New York City and access world-class media internships, career opportunities, cultural events, and industry networks.

    • Flexibility for working students

      Enjoy the freedom to study full-time or part-time, on our campus in New York or online from anywhere in the world.

    Interdisciplinary Curriculum

    Keeping your knowledge and skills up-to-date as markets change and technologies advance is critical to your professional success. The Media Management curriculum prepares you with the skills and strategies needed for the rapidly evolving media industry. You may plan in-depth study in one or more of the subject areas listed below, sample a variety of subjects and approaches, or both. You also have the option of completing a graduate minor as part of your course of study.

    • Business development
    • Data analytics
    • Innovation and entrepreneurship
    • Integrated media strategies
    • Marketing and media sales
    • Project leadership

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    Career Paths

    Media Management graduates pursue their passions in many areas, including production, marketing, and business management for television, film, radio, and digital media; branding, marketing, and advertising; and media administration for commercial and nonprofit organizations. Many students advance their careers even before they graduate, participating in internships at leading media companies and programs such as TIDAL, NBC News, CNN, BET, Sony Music Entertainment, and The Late Show on CBS.

    Ninety-seven percent of 2018 graduates were employed within 12 months of graduating.

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  • Media Management MS students benefit from the professional insights that only leading industry executives, strategists, publishers, brand marketers, and entrepreneurs can provide. Learn from diverse practitioners and executives in established media organizations and start-ups who are pioneering innovative and disruptive business models.

  • The MS in Media Management provided me a solid foundation in managerial skills to critically analyze media industries and their products. It gave me the structure, the knowledge, and the skills to gain the expertise I needed for today’s rapidly changing media industries.

    Andrés Bayona, ’17, Content Manager for Televisa in Mexico City
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Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

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