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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in communication and journalism at the school are women while 17% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,531
Texas 8,480
New Mexico 199
Oklahoma 1,106

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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

Majors Similar to Communication & Journalism

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 5 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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