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CIP PROGRAM: 09.0100
Communication, General.

Summary: A program that focuses on the comprehensive study of communication, and that spans the study of mass communication/media studies, old and new media technologies, social and political applications, and speech communication and rhetoric. Includes instruction in interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural communication; theories of communication; critical thinking, argumentation, and persuasion; written communication; printed, electronic, and digital media; rhetorical tradition and criticism; media, society, and culture; consequences and effects of mass media; media social science and criticism; and quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 176 10788 917
2021 245 10632 734
2022 308 10679 747
2023 319 10661 737
2024 369 9720 711
Change +81.25% -1.18% -19.63%

Related CIPs

09 COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
09.01 Communication and Media Studies.
09.0100 Communication, General.
09.0101 Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
09.0102 Mass Communication/Media Studies.
09.0199 Communication and Media Studies, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Communication, General.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online1 -
Albion College16 -40.91%
Alice Lloyd College16 -
Allegheny College17 -
Alma College4 -14.29%
Alvernia University8 +71.43%
American International College4 -
Anderson University30 -
Andrews University1 -66.67%
Angelo State University13 -12.12%
Arizona Christian University9 -55.56%
Arkansas State University16 -6.25%
Asbury University8 -
Ashland University36 -57.14%
Austin College8 -
Ave Maria University26 +144.44%
Barry University7 -33.33%
Baylor University150 +37.61%
Bellevue University15 +108.33%
Bennington College1 -
Bethany Lutheran College8 +11.11%
Bethel University28 -36.21%
Bluefield University1 -25.00%
Bluffton University3 -
Bob Jones University13 -50.00%
Boston University60 -68.98%
Brenau University2 -
Brigham Young University-Idaho190 -
Bryant University25 -
Bushnell University2 -
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College85 +40.00%
CUNY City College69 -3.37%
Campbell University7 +500.00%
Canisius University8 -66.67%
Carlow University1 -75.00%
Carroll University21 +37.50%
Centenary College of Louisiana7 -50.00%
Centenary University5 -9.09%
Central Washington University22 +21.05%
Chapman University1 -
Chestnut Hill College7 -
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania2 -25.00%
Clark University6 -
Clarke University3 +33.33%
Clarks Summit University5 -25.00%
College of Staten Island CUNY63 +4.35%
Colorado State University Global13 -63.64%
Columbia College Chicago20 +1300.00%
Columbus State University53 +4.62%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania8 -
Concordia College at Moorhead25 -37.50%
Concordia University-Irvine18 -36.67%
Concordia University-Nebraska2 -
Concordia University-Wisconsin1 -
Corban University5 -
Cornell University64 +18.92%
Crown College8 -27.27%
Daemen University1 +100.00%
Davidson College14 -
Doane University3 -100.00%
Dominican University New York8 -35.29%
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies4 -
Eastern Connecticut State University58 +438.46%
Eastern Illinois University33 -40.00%
Eckerd College17 -25.00%
Edgewood College14 -14.29%
Edward Waters University11 +30.00%
Ensign College2 -
Eureka College4 -
Evangel University8 -
Florida College4 -
Fordham University97 +20.21%
Franciscan University of Steubenville24 +50.00%
Franklin Pierce University13 +50.00%
Friends University3 -
Frostburg State University8 -66.67%
Geneva College9 -78.57%
George Washington University28 -45.45%
Georgetown College12 -
Goldey-Beacom College2 -66.67%
Grace Christian University3 -
Grace College and Theological Seminary16 -62.50%
Great Northern University1 -
Hanover College23 -
Harris-Stowe State University10 +800.00%
Hawaii Pacific University12 +50.00%
Heidelberg University4 -30.00%
Henderson State University7 +40.00%
High Point University73 -64.22%
Howard Payne University3 -
Huntingdon College5 -
Idaho State University30 +46.15%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion4 +100.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global11 +125.00%
Jacksonville State University31 +2.22%
John Brown University4 -25.00%
John Paul the Great Catholic University77 -
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte3 -
Johnson & Wales University-Providence20 -25.00%
Juniata College8 -
Kansas Wesleyan University6 +166.67%
Kent State University at Kent129 -28.05%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania48 -58.68%
La Salle University31 -42.62%
Lakeland University6 -20.00%
Lasell University32 -25.53%
Le Moyne College28 -25.64%
Lenoir-Rhyne University7 -40.00%
Liberty University171 +147.89%
Lincoln Christian University4 -33.33%
Marist College168 -16.39%
Marquette University28 -28.57%
Marymount Manhattan College13 -13.04%
Marymount University10 -14.29%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts10 -
McPherson College12 +33.33%
Mercy University21 -27.91%
Merrimack College67 -
Metropolitan State University35 -47.27%
Miami University-Hamilton13 +1100.00%
Miami University-Middletown3 -
Michigan State University7 -
Michigan Technological University3 -
Midland University7 -
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary5 -
Milligan University3 +25.00%
Minot State University6 +200.00%
Misericordia University6 +100.00%
Mississippi College5 +100.00%
Montreat College5 +14.29%
Moravian University2 -
Mount Aloysius College2 -
Mount Vernon Nazarene University3 -
National Louis University20 +225.00%
Nevada State University16 +250.00%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus18 -
New York Institute of Technology1 -57.58%
Northwest Missouri State University33 +28.13%
Northwest Nazarene University5 -
Northwest University12 -52.17%
Norwich University9 -11.11%
Notre Dame College7 -
Oakland City University6 -
Oakland University87 -26.67%
Oglethorpe University17 -51.61%
Ohio Wesleyan University8 +366.67%
Oral Roberts University12 +14.29%
Oregon Institute of Technology6 +70.00%
Ouachita Baptist University30 +163.64%
Paul Quinn College1 -
Pepperdine University16 +57.14%
Pfeiffer University8 -50.00%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez3 +133.33%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce1 +200.00%
Post University20 +114.29%
Prairie View A & M University55 -
Purdue University-Main Campus122 +4.86%
Queens University of Charlotte18 -
Randolph-Macon College13 -12.50%
Regis College1 -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute3 +200.00%
Roanoke College16 +17.86%
Rollins College71 -10.26%
SUNY College at Potsdam17 -29.27%
SUNY Polytechnic Institute19 -
SUNY at Purchase College43 -
Sacred Heart University38 -20.83%
Saint Augustine's University2 -20.00%
Saint Cloud State University21 -38.89%
Saint Edward's University42 -27.16%
Saint Louis University39 -4.17%
Saint Martin's University4 +57.14%
Saint Mary's College22 -48.72%
San Diego Christian College12 -31.58%
Seton Hill University1 -
Shorter University3 -23.08%
Simmons University4 -100.00%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania83 -14.77%
Southeastern University15 -23.08%
Southwestern College1 +500.00%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University12 -7.14%
Spring Hill College12 -51.85%
St Catherine University11 -80.77%
St. Andrews University7 -16.67%
St. Francis College8 -60.00%
St. John Fisher University12 -48.15%
State University of New York at Cortland75 -30.36%
Stevenson University4 -
Tarleton State University32 +8.70%
Taylor University9 +75.00%
Tennessee State University51 -40.28%
Tennessee Wesleyan University6 -28.57%
Texas A & M International University45 -40.43%
Texas A & M University-College Station374 +21.13%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi38 -35.94%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville14 -
Texas A&M University-San Antonio62 +7.55%
Texas Christian University9 -
The College of New Jersey79 -
The College of Saint Scholastica3 -
The College of Wooster22 +50.00%
The Master's University and Seminary20 -
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary6 -
The University of Tampa70 -32.95%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga96 -5.31%
The University of Tennessee-Martin24 -30.00%
The University of Texas Permian Basin22 -30.61%
The University of Texas at Arlington218 -17.62%
The University of Texas at San Antonio229 +19.35%
Thomas More University8 -30.00%
Toccoa Falls College6 -33.33%
Towson University79 -26.67%
Trine University4 -18.18%
Truett McConnell University1 -
Tusculum University1 -
Union Adventist University6 +25.00%
United International College4 -
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon44 -6.25%
University of Antelope Valley3 -
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith14 +25.00%
University of California-Davis288 -6.98%
University of California-Los Angeles232 -
University of California-San Diego244 -8.85%
University of California-Santa Barbara620 +30.79%
University of Central Arkansas18 -31.58%
University of Central Oklahoma4 +2300.00%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs132 +2.61%
University of Dubuque12 -62.50%
University of Houston33 -10.71%
University of Houston-Clear Lake40 -18.18%
University of Houston-Downtown84 +0.93%
University of Houston-Victoria37 +77.27%
University of Illinois Chicago100 +45.45%
University of Illinois Springfield39 -32.00%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign252 +11.24%
University of Indianapolis29 -
University of Louisiana at Monroe17 -23.91%
University of Maine31 -
University of Mary Washington34 -
University of Massachusetts-Amherst297 -
University of Massachusetts-Boston66 -9.26%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth3 -
University of Michigan-Flint21 -24.24%
University of Minnesota-Crookston24 -13.04%
University of Missouri-St Louis45 -
University of North Dakota61 -33.71%
University of North Florida155 -24.22%
University of Pennsylvania3 -
University of Phoenix-Arizona195 -33.58%
University of Phoenix-California1 -100.00%
University of Portland12 -26.67%
University of San Diego92 -29.52%
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma3 -
University of Scranton21 +1300.00%
University of Utah256 +366.67%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire44 -40.38%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay45 -2.38%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside29 -2.33%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point23 -49.45%
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater85 -24.79%
University of the Pacific10 +1500.00%
Upper Iowa University6 -47.06%
Urshan College3 -
Utah State University70 -15.79%
Utica University11 +75.00%
Valley City State University1 -
Valparaiso University12 -50.00%
Vanguard University of Southern California26 -
Wake Forest University121 -
Walden University7 -42.86%
Walsh University12 +30.77%
Washington & Jefferson College11 +7.69%
Waynesburg University8 -
Western New England University6 -
Wichita State University35 -46.15%
William Peace University2 -
William Woods University2 -100.00%
Wingate University1 -
Wittenberg University13 -12.00%
Woodbury University7 -64.29%
Xavier University17 -
Young Harris College6 -53.33%