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

3 Colleges in Michigan
78 Master's Degrees
$52,605 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on getting your master's degree in communication & media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #44 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of communication & media studies. Combined, these schools handed out 78 master's degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.

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

Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Michigan The communications master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality communications program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

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.

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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 Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Communications

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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in communication & media studies has to take a look at Grand Valley State University. Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the communications program state that they receive average early career earnings of $48,689.

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13 Annual Graduates

Western Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in communication & media studies from Western Michigan University

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Wayne State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in communication & media studies. Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Detroit.

Communication & Media Studies master's degree recipients from Wayne State University receive an earnings boost of around $3,916 over the average income of communication & media studies graduates.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Illinois 221 249
Ohio 207 76
Indiana 191 239
Wisconsin 173 40

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

Communications Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Speech Communication 61
Communications 16
Other Communication & Media Studies 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 61
Public Relations & Advertising 21
Journalism 11

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