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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

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

In 2020-2021, 2,072 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #15 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which undergraduate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for communications majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for communication and media studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#1

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Oakton Community College the most popular school in Illinois for communication and media studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Oakton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Des Plaines.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,789
Ohio 2,149
Indiana 1,600
Wisconsin 1,297

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 2 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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