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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

3 Colleges
$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, communication and media studies was ranked 10th in California. In fact, 12,754 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Media Studies program at each school on the list.

Check out the communications graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the # 2 spot on the list. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Full Communication & Media Studies at University of San Francisco Report

Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,139
Oregon 416
Nevada 367
Hawaii 265
Alaska 11

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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