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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Washington

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Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Women make up 73% of the communications majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cheney.

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular communication and media studies schools in Washington. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

About 75% of the students majoring in communications at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#4

Walla Walla University

College Place, WA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Walla Walla University is a great place for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Walla Walla U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of College Place.

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

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

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Colleges 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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