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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools

16 Colleges
$34,115 Avg Salary
$25,414 Avg Student Debt

Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online communications programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for communication and media studies students pursuing an online degree. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

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The excellent online programs at Clarion University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Clarion, Clarion University is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for communication and media studies students pursuing an online degree. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication and media studies students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools ranking. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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With a ranking of #7, Appalachian State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and media studies students. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

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#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

With a ranking of #7, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and media studies students. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

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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 16 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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