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Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

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$25,181 Avg Salary
$23,395 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communications majors pursuing an online undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Kentucky University the most popular online school in the United States for communication and media studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Edison State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the United States. SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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