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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

Of the 12 students majoring in communication and journalism at ASU - Skysong, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Communication & Journalism at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Southwest Region . SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Full Communication & Journalism at Sam Houston State University Report

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Full Communication & Journalism at Grand Canyon University Report

Explore the most popular online communication and journalism colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 643
Texas 637
Oklahoma 52
New Mexico 24

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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 5 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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