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2023 Most Popular Online Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools

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Journalism is the #70 most popular major in the country with 13,552 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 journalism majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the most popular online school in the United States for journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
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 Jfurrer.

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