2024 Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in other communication & media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #243 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for other communication & media studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 master's degrees in other communication & media studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other communication & media studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other communication & media studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other communication & media studies related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in other communication & media studies.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Other Communication and Media Studies

1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great decision for students pursuing a master's degree in other communication & media studies. SIUC is a large public university located in the small city of Carbondale.More information about a master’s in other communication & media studies from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in other communication & media studies needs to take a look at Northeastern Illinois University. Located in the large city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in other communication & media studies from Northeastern Illinois University

Best Other Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	476	0
Indiana	375	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Communication and Media Studies

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

Majors Similar to Other Communication and Media Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	178
Communications	42
Communication & Media Studies	11

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.