2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia

Communication & Media Studies is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #41 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of communication and media studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 bachelor's degrees in communication and media studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in media studies matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for communication and media studies, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Media Studies Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for communication and media studies.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Media Studies Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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American University
Washington, DC

34 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

American University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in communication and media studies in District of Columbia.

There were about 34 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

11 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies needs to check out Catholic University of America. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in communication and media studies in District of Columbia.

There were roughly 11 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent data year.

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Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In DC

Trinity Washington University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the large city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in communication and media studies in District of Columbia.

There were roughly 4 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at Trinity College in the most recent data year.

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University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies needs to look into University of the District of Columbia. University of the District of Columbia is a small public university located in the city of Washington. More information about a bachelor’s in communication and media studies from University of the District of Columbia

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	683	570
New York	681	835
Maryland	352	285
Delaware	201	77

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Communication & Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Communication & Media Studies area of study, Communication & Media Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	34
Communications	33

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.