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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

29 Colleges
$47,692 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, communication and media studies was ranked #47 in the country. In fact 5,059 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the communications master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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#5

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of San Francisco is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and media studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Reno.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and media studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - San Diego ranked #8 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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#9

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and media studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

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#10

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SFSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 509
Washington 62
Oregon 27
Nevada 18
Hawaii 21
Alaska 4

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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