leralynne

Thanks, CFBrown! I really appreciate it. That is a good point about Medill, and something I found to be true about Annenberg as well: the opportunities for specialization are multifold. I'm also hoping to take more a strategic/corporate communications focus, which seems like it could be better served at Annenberg than Medill which seems to have a much more hard marketing focus. A few wrinkles: I received a grant at Medill which would bring the cost down. It would still be more expensive than Annenberg, but only by about 5K in straight-up tuition dollars. On the other hand, I have a bunch of great friends in LA so I would already have a support system in place (my family is all based in Boston). I can't tell which program has better placement/recognition...and the extent to which that even matters in this field!

I was accepted to both USC Annenberg's Communication Management program and Northwestern Medill's Integrated Marketing Communications program...and now I have to actually make some decisions! I'm more interested in strategic corporate communications/non-profit communications, which seem like areas better served by Annenberg's program, but I'm really not sure. Does anyone have any insights to share? Any ideas which program is better recognized/will be more useful professionally?