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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges
$33,481 Avg Salary
$24,205 Avg Student Debt

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online 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 Colleges.

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

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The excellent online programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 5 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 large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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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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