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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$57,555 Avg Salary

Communication & Journalism is the #11 most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 communication and journalism majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

About 75% of the students majoring in communication and journalism at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in communication and journalism at Northwestern, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a very large student population.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Kokomo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . IU Kokomo is a small public school located in the small city of Kokomo.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana State University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Indiana State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Terre Haute.

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#4

Butler University

Indianapolis, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Butler University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Butler is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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Explore the most popular online communication and journalism colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,714
Michigan 3,555
Ohio 3,901
Illinois 4,261
Wisconsin 1,988

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Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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