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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington

4 Colleges
$37,427 Avg Salary
$20,916 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 62 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #53 most popular major in the state.

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 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Washington to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Media Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communications majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the most popular school in Washington for communication and media studies students. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great place for communication and media studies students. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cheney.

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#4

Walla Walla University

College Place, WA

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Walla Walla University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Walla Walla U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of College Place.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 509
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 4 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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