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2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

Communication & Journalism is the #12 most popular major in California with 17,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Journalism program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,086
Oregon 1,375
Hawaii 292
Nevada 523
Alaska 30

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 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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