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Largest communication programs in North Carolina
North Carolina communication programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 128 |
| 2 | High Point University | High Point | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 3 | Queens University of Charlotte | Charlotte | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 4 | Davidson College | Davidson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 14 |
| 5 | Campbell University | Buies Creek | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 6 | Saint Augustine's University | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 7 | Pfeiffer University | Misenheimer | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 8 | St. Andrews University | Laurinburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 9 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Hickory | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 10 | Montreat College | Montreat | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 11 | William Peace University | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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