Communication and Media Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 09.0100 - 09.0199.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1281 institutions across the United States, with a total of 171388 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

1,592

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

4,796

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

44,674

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

284

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

4,685

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

589

degrees awarded

Other Awards

114,768

awards given

Top Schools for Communication and Media Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	2,046
2	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	1,896
3	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	1,887
4	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	1,836
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	1,827
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,710
7	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	1,625
8	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,467
9	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,303
10	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	1,275
11	Florida International University Miami, FL	1,242
12	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	1,230
13	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	1,197
14	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	1,132
15	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	1,125
16	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	1,098
17	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	1,068
18	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	1,041
19	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	1,020
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	990
21	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	972
22	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	966
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	939
24	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	933
25	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	930
26	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	927
27	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	924
28	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	920
29	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	900
30	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	885
31	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	864
32	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	864
33	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	863
34	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	840
35	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	822
36	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	807
37	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	795
38	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	795
39	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	789
40	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	777
41	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	774
42	University of Denver Denver, CO	756
43	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	753
44	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	747
45	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	735
46	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	732
47	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	729
48	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	723
49	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	714
50	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	708
51	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	696
52	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	691
53	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA	669
54	Boise State University Boise, ID	665
55	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	657
56	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	648
57	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	645
58	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	630
59	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	627
60	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	627
61	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	618
62	Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY	612
63	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	609
64	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	609
65	University of Delaware Newark, DE	603
66	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	603
67	Baylor University Waco, TX	594
68	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	594
69	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	593
70	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	591
71	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	582
72	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	570
73	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	570
74	Illinois State University Normal, IL	558
75	Villanova University Villanova, PA	552
76	Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, CA	549
77	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	549
78	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	543
79	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	534
80	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	534
81	University at Albany Albany, NY	531
82	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	531
83	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	525
84	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	525
85	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	522
86	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	507
87	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	501
88	DePaul University Chicago, IL	474
89	Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA	471
90	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	468
91	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	465
92	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	459
93	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	459
94	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	459
95	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	450
96	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	441
97	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	441
98	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA	436
99	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	435
100	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	435