2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Louisiana

If you plan on getting your master's degree in communication and media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of communication and media studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 master'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 Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in communications matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Louisiana ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of communication and media studies students usually has them for a 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.

 

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

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Communications Students Working on Their Master's

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

22 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Louisiana.

There were approximately 22 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent year we have data available.

After graduating, communications master's recipients usually make about $33,200 at the beginning of their careers.

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

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a popular decision for students interested in a master's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Louisiana.

There were roughly 9 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

3

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

3 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Louisiana Tech University if you want to pursue a master's degree in communication and media studies. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public university located in the town of Ruston.

There were roughly 3 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Louisiana Tech in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from Louisiana Tech University

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University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA

2 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in communication and media studies needs to take a look at University of Louisiana at Monroe. Located in the small city of Monroe, ULM is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Louisiana.

There were about 2 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at ULM in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from University of Louisiana at Monroe

5

Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA

Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from Southern University and A & M College

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Grambling State University
Grambling, LA

GSU is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Grambling. More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from Grambling State University

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	304
Georgia	186	69
Virginia	175	111
North Carolina	167	141
Tennessee	156	73
Alabama	147	138
South Carolina	141	16
Kentucky	140	59
Mississippi	120	12
Arkansas	119	20
West Virginia	108	1

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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
Speech Communication	19
Communication & Media Studies	17

Most Popular Majors Related to Communications

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising	9

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.