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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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$57,555 Avg Salary

Communication & Journalism is the #17 most popular major in the country with 12,242 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found Temple University to be the most popular school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in communication and journalism at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rowan University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

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

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New Jersey Institute of Technology is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.

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Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Thomas Edison State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for communication and journalism students working on their online graduate certificate. TESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Trenton.

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#8

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Point Park University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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Explore the most popular online communication and journalism schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,714
Pennsylvania 367
Maryland 268
New Jersey 102
District of Columbia 475
Delaware 6

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Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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