Thankyou, NR, yes indeed. Sadly, right now I'm not free to act on any of the information presented, which is a total pain in the ass for more than one reason. However, this has given me some really good pointers for doing research, and I appreciate everybody's input. More info is always welcome, of ...

The primary objective is to increase my employability, so the reputation of the school is probably just as important as the actual quality of the education.

As for location, my preference would be firstly for the west coast, otherwise the Illinois/Wisconsin/Michigan area, probably.

Hey ¥, get the I-beam out of your ass. News Flash time: There are a whole hell of a lot of schools that specialize in Communications/Writing/Publishing. These schools can be found across the entire country. We people, however, don't. We need to have a general idea as to where we're looking, so as t...

* Ampere: In what fields does your alma mater specialize; I mean, on what grounds are you recommending them? * JetPlane: the undergrad degree is in Biochemistry. However, at this stage the plan is to go for graduate degrees on the writing/publishing/communications side of things; thus the details in...

...I think it looks better like this...

Au contraire, I'm sure some of us are quite tasty.