2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Communication & Media Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #44 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for communication & media studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 master's degrees in communication & media studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to communication & media studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other communication & media studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for communication & media studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication & media studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for communication & media studies students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Media Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in communication & media studies.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Communications

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

33 Annual Graduates

$48,183 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in communication & media studies needs to check out Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, communications master's recipients typically make around $48,183 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in communication & media studies from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

12 Annual Graduates

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in communication & media studies from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	298
Georgia	190	47
Virginia	182	184
North Carolina	178	131
Tennessee	166	81
Alabama	151	98
Kentucky	147	61
South Carolina	146	21
Mississippi	145	6
Arkansas	121	16
West Virginia	112	45

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Communication & Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Communications Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	34
Speech Communication	23

Most Popular Majors Related to Communications

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising	32

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.