2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree School for You
With 66,787 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the communications master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named James Madison University the best school in the Southeast Region for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
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Out of the 51 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and media studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
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With a ranking of #7, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
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With a ranking of #8, Bellarmine University did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The University of Alabama came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.
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Explore the best communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 795 |
| Virginia | 2,064 |
| North Carolina | 2,972 |
| Florida | 3,020 |
| Tennessee | 1,000 |
| Kentucky | 787 |
| South Carolina | 796 |
| Louisiana | 815 |
| Arkansas | 457 |
| Alabama | 968 |
| Mississippi | 307 |
| West Virginia | 214 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Communications
One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Relations & Advertising | 21,099 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 17,669 |
| Journalism | 13,552 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 1,128 |
| Publishing | 336 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.
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