2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Of the 11 students majoring in communications at Liberty University, 64% are male and 36% are female.
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Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
About 70% of the students majoring in communications at the school are women while 30% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.
Women make up 33% of the communications majors at the school.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 50% of the communications majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Clarion, Clarion University is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 2 students majoring in communications at Clarion University, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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With a ranking of #7, Appalachian State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for communication and media studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Boone.
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University of Kansas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate communication and media studies programs. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.
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Sam Houston State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate communication and media studies programs. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.
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Communication & Media Studies Related Majors
Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
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 16 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.