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

16 Colleges
$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

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.

The Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Journalism program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communication and journalism majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Of the 62 students majoring in communication and journalism at Texas Tech, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular communication and journalism schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in communication and journalism at Texas State, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 88% of the communication and journalism majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great place for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in communication and journalism at NAU, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in communication and journalism at University of Arizona, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for communication and journalism students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

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Sam Houston State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

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#10

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

St. Mary’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for communication and journalism students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 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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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State

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

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 16 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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