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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

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.

The Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina.

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the most popular school in North Carolina for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Communication & Media Studies at East Carolina University Report

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

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Appalachian State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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