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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges
$32,706 Avg Salary
$25,824 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, communication and media studies students earned 2,972 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the most popular online school in North Carolina for communication and media studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 63% of the communications majors at the school.

On average, communications graduates from ECU take out $22,625 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $298, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at East Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in communications at the school are women while 33% are male.

Communications majors at Appalachian State take out an average of $21,282 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $150, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, William Peace University landed the # 3 spot on the list. WPU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Women make up 80% of the communications majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that communications majors at WPU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,182.

Full Communication & Media Studies at William Peace University Report

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 795
Virginia 2,064
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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One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communications

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 3 schools only.

  • 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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