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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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Out of all the majors we analyze each year, communication and journalism was ranked #11 in the country. In fact 120,571 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Plains States 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.

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in communication and journalism at KU, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Kansas Report

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in communication and journalism at the school are women while 23% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in communication and journalism at UMN Twin Cities, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Metropolitan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Plains States Region . Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Of the 5 students majoring in communication and journalism at Metro State, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Women make up 67% of the communication and journalism majors at the school.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate communication and journalism programs. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

About 41% of the students majoring in communication and journalism at the school are women while 59% are male.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,015
Minnesota 1,434
Iowa 1,231
South Dakota 203
Missouri 1,975
Nebraska 719
North Dakota 171

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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 8 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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