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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

Of the 48 students majoring in communications at UF, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 36% of the communications majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Florida is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in communications at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in communications at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#5

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.

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Appalachian State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate communication and media studies programs. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for communication and media studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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Florida International University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 211
Florida 381
Georgia 62
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 90
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 50
Alabama 111
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 13
Arkansas 16
West Virginia 46

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communications

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 13 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.

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