Highest Job Growth Doctoral Communications Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral communications programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with The University of Texas at Austin leading at 4.4%.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Growth	Completers
1	The University of Texas at Austin	Public Relations	TX	4.4%	10
2	George Mason University	Public Relations	VA	4.4%	7
3	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Public Relations	CO	4.4%	5
4	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	MN	2.5%	5
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Communications	NC	2%	21
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Communications	WI	2%	20
7	University of Southern California	Communications	CA	2%	19
8	University of Kansas	Communications	KS	2%	18
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Communications	PA	2%	17
10	Regent University	Communications	VA	2%	17
11	Liberty University	Communications	VA	2%	17
12	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Communications	OK	2%	16
13	Indiana University-Bloomington	Communications	IN	2%	15
14	University of Maryland-College Park	Communications	MD	2%	15
15	The University of Texas at Austin	Communications	TX	2%	15
16	University of Colorado Boulder	Communications	CO	2%	14
17	Georgia State University	Communications	GA	2%	14
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Communications	IL	2%	14
19	Michigan State University	Communications	MI	2%	14
20	The University of Alabama	Communications	AL	2%	12
21	University of Oregon	Communications	OR	2%	12
22	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Communications	AZ	2%	11
23	University of Florida	Communications	FL	2%	11
24	University of Southern Mississippi	Communications	MS	2%	11
25	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Communications	LA	2%	10
26	University of Missouri-Columbia	Communications	MO	2%	10
27	Texas Tech University	Communications	TX	2%	10
28	Clemson University	Communications	SC	2%	9
29	University of Memphis	Communications	TN	2%	9
30	Howard University	Communications	DC	2%	8
31	University of Georgia	Communications	GA	2%	8
32	Ohio University-Main Campus	Communications	OH	2%	8
33	University of Pennsylvania	Communications	PA	2%	8
34	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Communications	TN	2%	8
35	University of Miami	Communications	FL	2%	7
36	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Communications	OH	2%	7
37	Stanford University	Communications	CA	2%	7
38	University of Denver	Communications	CO	2%	6
39	Florida State University	Communications	FL	2%	6
40	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Communications	IL	2%	6
41	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Communications	MI	2%	6
42	Wayne State University	Communications	MI	2%	6
43	Cornell University	Communications	NY	2%	6
44	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	Communications	OH	2%	6
45	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	Communications	PA	2%	6
46	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Communications	CO	2%	5
47	American University	Communications	DC	2%	5
48	University of Iowa	Communications	IA	2%	5
49	University of Kentucky	Communications	KY	2%	5
50	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Communications	MA	2%	5

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.