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

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

In 2020-2021, 4,091 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Texas 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas State University the most popular school in Texas for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Women make up 77% of the communications majors at the school.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in communications at Texas Tech, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular communication and media studies schools in Texas. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,246
Oklahoma 325
New Mexico 129

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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