Scripps College of Communication

With more than 20 undergraduate major, minor and certificate programs across our five schools, the Scripps College of Communication prepares the next generation of innovative communicators to move the world forward. Our students benefit from rigorous courses taught by award-winning faculty and hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. We offer countless opportunities for professional-level career exploration and internships on campus, across the country and all over the world. We are a far-reaching community of achievers, bridging disciplines to solve complicated problems, welcoming change in all its forms, and inspiring each other to reach even further.

Degrees & Certificates

Our Schools and Centers

Music Production Experience

See how Scripps students helped produce the performances for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival safely and professionally, while observing safety protocols.

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Music Production Major

3,000

Internship opportunities offered by Scripps College

19:1

Average student to faculty ratio

30,000+

Alumni

75%

4-year graduation rate overall

89%

Freshman retention rate

Featured News

Media Organization Spotlight: Thread

October 12, 2021

Sometimes, we all struggle with what to wear to class because the sweatpants and hoodie we all have worn on a day-to-day basis are becoming too mundane. There is an organization on campus helping students with those occasional fashion conundrums. Launched in April 2010, Thread Magazine is one of Ohio University’s fashion magazines. In this interview, Riley Runnels, Thread’s editor-in-chief, describes the magazine and tells us how students can get involved.
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ABC journalist John Quiñones to receive Carr Van Anda Award

October 11, 2021

Veteran broadcast journalist John Quiñones will receive the Carr Van Anda Award for his nearly 40 years as a journalist and anchor for ABC News during OHIO’s Carr Van Anda Symposium on the Athens campus on Oct. 19.
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Carr Van Anda Symposium to honor legendary New York Times managing editor

October 7, 2021

Ohio native and OHIO alum Carr Van Anda served as the managing editor of The New York Times during the great New York newspaper wars of the early 20th century. The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism is honoring Georgetown, Ohio native by hosting the Carr Van Anda Symposium on campus and virtually October 19.
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OHIO alumna among 21 distinguished science journalists selected for Knight fellowship at MIT

October 7, 2021

Emily Mullin, BSJ ’10, is among this year’s Knight Science Journalism Project Fellows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A prestigious mid-career program for science writers, editors and multimedia journalists, the fellowship supports projects related to science, health, technology and the environment and provides fellows a stipend, a budget for project related expenses and access to MIT resources.
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