2024 Best Communications Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your master's degree in communications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #184 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of communications. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 66 master's degrees in communications 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 much a school focuses on communications students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of communications students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 communications related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Communications Schools

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 Communications Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Communications in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Communication Arts

1

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Wake Forest University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in communications. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in communications from Wake Forest University

2

Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

Queens University of Charlotte is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in communications. Queens is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Charlotte.More information about a master’s in communications from Queens University of Charlotte

Best Communications Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Communications Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	0
Georgia	370	8
Virginia	331	2
Tennessee	313	8
South Carolina	260	8
Alabama	258	6

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Communications Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	45
Communication & Media Studies	20

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.